Exodus 29:22

the fat, and read with Sam. - the fat, (even)": the fat tail, as Leviticus 3:9; Leviticus 7:3 shew, was partof the fat of the animal. So Di. (on Leviticus 8:25), Bä. &c.

the fat tail Leviticus 3:9; Leviticus 7:3; Leviticus 8:25; Leviticus 9:19 †; and probably to be restored in 1 Samuel 9:24 (for the ungrammatical -that which was upon it"). What is meant is the large tail of certain species of sheep, still bred in Palestine, and elsewhere, which was esteemed a delicacy. The tail is often so heavy as to need the support of a little cart (Hdt. iii. 113; EB.iv. 4441: see ill. in Jewish Encycl.xi. 50).

the caul the appendix, as v.13.

the right thigh so rightly; not shoulder(RVm. = AV.). In the ordinary peace-offering this was the perquisite of the officiating priest (Leviticus 7:32 f.); here it is burnt ultimately (v.25) upon the altar. The other parts mentioned were burnt regularly on the altar (Leviticus 3:9-11).

a ram of installation] lit. -of filling" (sc.of hands): cf. the cognate verb in v.9. -Consecration" is not sufficiently distinctive. So vv.26, 27, 31, 34; in the ║║, Leviticus 8:22; Leviticus 8:28-29; Exodus 8:31; Exodus 8:31; Leviticus 8:33; and Leviticus 7:37 †.