Every male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
Parallel translations
- WEB Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
- KJV All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
- BSB Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- NKJV All the males among the priests may eat it. It is most holy.
- NLT Any male from a priest’s family may eat from this offering; it is most holy.
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Quick answer
Every male among the priests may eat of the sin offering, for it is most holy. God provides for all His priests from this sacred offering.
Overview
All male priests are permitted to share the most holy sin offering, reaffirming God's provision for His ministers. Their eating signifies their participation in bearing and removing the people's sin. This priestly sharing finds its fulfillment in Christ, in whom His people are made a holy priesthood (1 Peter 2:9).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Num 18:10You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.
- Lev 6:25“Speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the sin offering: in the place where the burnt offering is killed, the sin offering shall be killed before Yahweh. It is most holy.
- Lev 6:17–18It 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.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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