Every meal offering, mixed with oil or dry, belongs to all the sons of Aaron, one as well as another.
Parallel translations
- KJV And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.
- BSB and every grain offering, whether dry or mixed with oil, belongs equally to all the sons of Aaron.
- ESV And every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall be shared equally among all the sons of Aaron.
- NKJV Every grain offering, whether mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to one as much as the other.
- NASB Every grain offering, mixed with oil or dry, shall belong to all the sons of Aaron, to all alike.
- NLT All other grain offerings, whether made of dry flour or flour moistened with olive oil, are to be shared equally among all the priests, the descendants of Aaron.
Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Grain offerings that are dry or mixed with oil but not specially cooked are shared equally among all of Aaron's sons. God's provision was distributed fairly across the priesthood.
Overview
Unlike the baked offerings reserved for the presenting priest, these were divided among all the priests alike, ensuring that the whole order was sustained. This balance guarded against favoritism and bound the priesthood together as one family in service. It pictures the equitable care God gives to all who labor in His house.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- 2 Cor 8:14but for equality. Your abundance at this present time supplies their lack, that their abundance also may become a supply for your lack; that there may be equality.
- Exod 16:18When they measured it with an omer, he who gathered much had nothing over, and he who gathered little had no lack. They gathered every man according to his eating.
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
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.
How Leviticus 7:10 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.