Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
Parallel translations
- WEB Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
- KJV Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
- BSB Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- NKJV Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
- NLT Any male from a priest’s family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it is most holy.
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Quick answer
Every male priest may eat the trespass offering in a holy place, for it is most holy. God again provides for His priests from the sacred offering.
Overview
As with the sin offering, the male priests share the most holy guilt offering, eaten within the sanctuary. Their participation marks their role in mediating atonement and is part of God's provision for them. This priestly sharing anticipates the people of God feeding upon Christ, our atoning sacrifice and the source of our holiness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Lev 6:29Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
- Lev 2:3That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’. It is a most holy thing of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire.
- Num 18:9–10This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.
- Lev 6:16–18That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting.
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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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