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7:11-36 The Peace Offering. The peace offering is subdivided into three types, according to their associated motivations: thanksgiving (in response to God's favor toward the offerer; vv. 12, 13, 15), a vow (an offering in fulfillment of a vow; v. 16), and freewill (when there is no specific obligation to make an offering; v. 16). cut off from his people (vv. 20, 21, 25, 27). Some understand this to mean that the person is isolated from his relatives and family. Others, however, note that it is associated elsewhere with death (Ex. 31:14; Num. 4:18-20) and thus conclude that it refers to the premature death of the sinner. In either case, it was a severe penalty indeed. On the prohibition against eating fat and blood (Lev. 7:22-27), see note on 3:16-17. In the peace offering, the breast and right thigh (the choicest parts of an animal) go to the priests as a wave offering and a contribution. The reference to their anointing (7:35-36) anticipates ch. 8, on their ordination.