Leviticus 3:3
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From the peace offering he is to bring an offering made by fire to the LORD: the fat that covers the entrails, all the fat that is on them,
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Take all the fat that covers the entrails and the lobe of the liver, and both kidneys with the fat on them, and burn them on the altar.
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Take the fat from the ram, the fat tail, the fat covering the entrails, the lobe of the liver, both kidneys with the fat on them, and the right thigh (since this is a ram for ordination),
But blessed are your eyes because they see, and your ears because they hear.
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes delight in my ways.
The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live.
And hope does not disappoint us, because God has poured out His love into our hearts through the Holy Spirit, whom He has given us.
Then the priest is to burn the food on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma. All the fat is the LORD’s.
Their hearts are hard and callous, but I delight in Your law.
I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will remove your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh.