Afterward. — After serving the laity with their passover.
They made ready. — The Passover (Luke 22:8-9; Luke 22:13).
Because the priests... until night. — The reason why the Levites prepared the Passover and the after meals for them.
In offering of burnt offerings and the fat. — In offering the burnt offering and the pieces of fat. The second phrase seems to define the first (and, i.e., namely). The parts of the sheep, goats, and oxen, which in case of peace offerings had to be burnt wholly on the altar were called hălâbîm, “pieces of fat.”