It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My offerings made by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
Parallel translations
- WEB It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
- KJV It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
- NKJV It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of My offerings made by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the trespass offering.
- NASB It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from My offerings by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
- NLT Remember, it must never be prepared with yeast. I have given it to the priests as their share of the special gifts presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.
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Quick answer
The priests' portion must be baked without yeast, for it is most holy like the sin and trespass offerings. What is devoted to God carries great sanctity.
Overview
The exclusion of yeast, often associated with corruption, and the designation 'most holy' set this portion apart. God grants it to the priests as their share of the fire-offerings, yet insists on its purity. The careful holiness surrounding what is given to God prepares us to honor Christ, the truly holy offering, and to put away the leaven of sin (1 Corinthians 5:7-8).
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Cross-references · 11
- Lev 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
- Num 18:9–10A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
- Lev 6:25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.
- Lev 2:11No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Lev 7:1“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
- Lev 6:29Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- Exod 29:33–34They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.
- Exod 40:10Anoint the altar of burnt offering and all its utensils; consecrate the altar, and it shall be most holy.
- Exod 29:37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
- Lev 7:6Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- 1 Pet 2:22“He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”
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