Leviticus 7:22

Leviticus 7:22 says, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse twenty-three adds, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, Ye shall eat no manner of fat, of ox, or of sheep, or of goat.  God now began to tell the people of Israel some dietary restrictions, Matthew Henry says since fat was used in the sacrifices to God.  Though we don't have dietary restrictions today, I believe that God still expects us to put every aspect of our lives under His control and to never misuse what He has blessed us with.  Verse twenty-four continues, And the fat of the beast that dieth of itself, and the fat of that which sacrifices and is torn with beasts, may be used in any other use: but ye shall in no wise eat of it.  They were allowed to use the fat in other ways, but they were not to eat of it.  Verse twenty-five states, For whosoever eateth the fat of the beast, of which men offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD, even the soul that eateth it shall be cut off from his people.  Though the people were allowed to eat of the flesh of an animal sacrificed, they were not allowed to eat of the fat.  If they did, they were to be cut off from the rest of God's people.  If we disobey the word of God today, we will be cut off spiritually from God's people.  We cannot disobey God's laws and still maintain a closeness with His people or Him.  Verse twenty-six adds, Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings.  The people of Israel were also prohibited from eating any blood in their dwelling.  Again, blood was used in sacrifices to God.  Verse twenty-seven continues, Whatsoever soul it be that eateth any manner of blood, even that soul shall be cut off from his people.  As with the eating of the fat, anyone who ate of the blood was to be cut off from the rest of the people of God.  Verse twenty-eight declares, And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,  Verse twenty-nine adds, Speak unto the children of Israel, saying, He that offereth the sacrifice of his peace offerings unto the LORD shall bring his oblation unto the LORD of the sacrifice of his peace offerings.  This would appear to be a separate time when God spoke to Moses, but could just be a reemphasis that this was God's instructions to Moses.  Verse thirty continues, His own hands shall bring the offerings of the LORD made by fire, the fat with the breast, it shall he bring, that the breast may be waved for a wave offering before the LORD.  The man bringing the offering was to kill it and also remove the breast as a wave offering, which could later be used by Aaron and his sons for food.  Verse thirty-one says, And the priest shall burn the fat upon the altar: but the breast shall be Aaron’s and his sons'.  This was what I have just stated.  Verse thirty-two adds, And the right shoulder shall ye give unto the priest for an heave offering of the sacrifices of your peace offerings.  The right shoulder was to used as a heave offering, once again something that was not to be burned.  Verse thirty-three continues, He among the sons of Aaron, that offereth the blood of the peace offerings, and the fat, shall have the right shoulder for his part. The one of Aaron's sons offering the sacrifice of the blood on the altar was to be allowed to keep the right shoulder.  Verse thirty-four states, For the wave breast and the heave shoulder have I taken of the children of Israel from off the sacrifices of their peace offerings, and have given them unto Aaron the priest and unto his sons by a statute for ever from among the children of Israel.  God told Moses that He had taken the wave breast and heave shoulder of the peace offerings and had given it to Aaron and his sons by statute.  This was one way God provided for the priests.  Verse thirty-five adds, This is the portion of the anointing of Aaron, and of the anointing of his sons, out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, in the day when he presented them to minister unto the LORD in the priest’s office;  God was providing for Aaron and his sons, the priests, but it was still by His plan and authority.  God provides for our needs today as followers of Christ, but it is still under His plan and by His authority.  Verse thirty-six continues, Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.  God told Moses that this wasn't an optional thing but was a statute throughout all the generations.  Verse thirty-seven says, This is the law of the burnt offering, of the meat offering, and of the sin offering, and of the trespass offering, and of the consecrations, and of the sacrifice of the peace offerings;  God then told Moses that these laws applied to the burnt, meat, sin and trespass offerings.  Verse thirty-eight adds. Which the LORD commanded Moses in mount Sinai, in the day that he commanded the children of Israel to offer their oblations unto the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai. We are then told that these were laws commanded to Moses on Mount Sinai.  This was God's law