Isa_1:11 To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts .... The fat of fed beasts. The fat was always regarded, both by the Hebrews and the Greeks, as especially suitable for sacrifice. It was burnt upon the altar in every case, even where the greater part of the victim was consumed as food (see Le Isa_1:8, Isa_1:12; Isa_3:3, Isa_3:10, etc.; note particularly the expression in Le Isa_3:16, All the fat is the Lord’s). Fed beasts are those which were kept separate in stalls or sheds for some time before the sacrifice, and given food in which there was nothing unclean. The Paschal lambs were required to be thus separated and fed for four days (Exo_12:3, Exo_12:6). Pulpit
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