Liver.
The large and heavy gland that secretes the bile. In the sacrifices it is named only to point out the caul which is above it. Exodus 29:13, Exodus 1:29; Leviticus 3:4, etc. To be wounded in the liver is fatal. Proverbs 7:23. The liver being poured out is symbolical of deep anguish. Lamentations 2:11: cf. Job 16:13. Among the heathen the liver was one of the parts of an animal that were examined in order to foretell events, as practised by the king of Babylon. Ezekiel 21:21.