Encyclopedia of The Bible – Purtenance
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Purtenance

PURTENANCE pûr’ tə nəns (קֶ֫רֶב, H7931, within, inward). An archaic word meaning the viscera of an animal. It refers to the “inwards” of the passover lamb (Exod 12:9, KJV, ASV). RSV has “its inner parts.”