וְהִקְטִירָ֥ם הַכֹּהֵ֖ן הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חָה לֶ֤חֶם אִשֶּׁה֙ לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ כָּל־חֵ֖לֶב לַיהוָֽה׃
Le pontife les fera fumer sur l’autel: c’est un aliment de combustion dont le parfum sera agréé, toute graisse étant pour le Seigneur.
On the Posterity of Cain and his Exile
[123] For Moses says “all the fat is a due for ever to the Lord” (Lev. 3:16 f.), showing that richness of mind is recognized as God’s gift and appropriated to Him, and thus attains to immortality; while that of the body and outward things is ascribed to the fair moment that usurps the place of God, and for this reason quickly has passed its prime.