And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, for the food of the fire, and of the oblation of the Lord.

and the priest hath made it a perfume on the altar, bread of a fire-offering to Jehovah.

And the priest shall make it smoke upon the altar; it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the LORD.

And the priest shall offer it up in smoke on the altar; it is food, an offering made by fire to the LORD.

And the priest shall burn them upon the altar, as fuel for the fire and as an oblation of the Lord.

Adolebitque illud sacerdos super altare, cibus oblationis ignitm est jehovae.

Burn it - See Leviticus 1:9 note.

It is the food of the offering - We have already remarked that God is frequently represented as feasting with his people on the sacrifices they offered; and because these sacrifices were consumed by that fire which was kindled from heaven, therefore they were considered as the food of that fire, or rather of the Divine Being who was represented by it. "In the same idiom of speech," says Dodd, "the gods of the heathens are said, Deuteronomy 32:38, to eat the fat and drink the wine which were consumed on their altars.

And the priest shall burn it upon the altar,.... The fat of the tail, of the inwards, the two kidneys, and the caul of the liver:
it is the food of the offering made by fire unto the Lord; or "bread"; this part of the offering that was burnt belonged to the Lord; it was his food, and what was accepted of by him, and therefore is elsewhere called the bread of God, Leviticus 21:8.

Burnt it - The parts now mentioned; the rest fell to the priest, Leviticus 7:31. The food - That is, the fuel of the fire, or the matter of the offering. It is called food, Hebrews. bread, to note God's acceptance of it, and delight in it; as men delight in their food.