Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 7:25
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth [it] shall be cut off from his people.
For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the Lord,…. As oxen, sheep, rams, goats; meaning not only the fat of those that are offered, but the fat of all those of the like kind:
even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people;
[See comments on Le 7:20] Maimonides n observes, that the punishment of cutting off is enjoined for the eating of fat, because men used to count it delicious, for which reason also God would honour his sacrifices with it: and he further observes o, that the fat of the intestines too much saturates, hinders concoction, generates gross and frigid blood, hence it is much better it should be burnt than eaten; and that blood and what dies of itself are of difficult digestion, and of bad nourishment, wherefore the latter is forbidden in the Le 7:24, and the former in Le 7:26: of the punishment for eating fat, the same writer p observes, he that eats fat the quantity of an olive, presumptuously, is guilty of cutting off; if ignorantly, he must bring the fixed sin offering: and elsewhere q he says, he that eats fat is beaten for it; and he eats it a second time, and is beaten for it; but if he eats it a third time they do not beat him, but put him into a prison, which is a strait place according to his height, where he cannot stand upright, nor can he lie down in it; and they give him bread and water of affliction till his bowels are distressed, and he become sick, and then they feed him with barley till his belly bursts.
n Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 41. o Ibid. c. 48. p Hilchot Maacolot Asurot, c. 7. sect. 1. q Hilchot Sanhedrin, c. 18. sect. 4.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(25) The fat of the beast of which men offer an offering.That is, the fat of beeves, sheep, or goats. (See Lev. 7:23.) If he did it presumptuously he incurred the penalty of excision, and if he did it inadvertently he was beaten with forty stripes save one, and had to bring the sin offering appointed.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. Of the beast, of which men offer This is evidently an interdict of the fat of the entire class of sacrificial animals, and not of the particular victims. Fat promotes cutaneous diseases. The prohibition of this article of diet also raised up a barrier between the Israelites and the idolatrous nations by restraining the former from partaking of the festive banquets of the latter. Michaelis suggests that the prohibition of fat was for the purpose of promoting the culture of the olive, and Knobel maintains that it was because the mouth of man is unclean. A better reason is, because it would be an infringement of Jehovah’s rights to eat as common food that which he had sanctified unto himself.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 7:25 For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth [it] shall be cut off from his people.
Ver. 25. Shall be cut off, ] i.e., Shall be liable to God’s judgments.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
men. Should be in italics.
offering made by fire. Hebrew. ishsheh. App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
shall be cut off: Lev 7:21
Reciprocal: Gen 17:14 – cut Exo 29:25 – offering Lev 3:17 – blood Lev 7:27 – that soul