You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall eat of it like the most holy things. Every male shall eat of it. It shall be holy to you.
- KJV In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.
- NKJV In a most holy place you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
- NASB As the most holy gifts you shall eat it; every male shall eat it. It shall be holy to you.
- NLT You must eat it as a most holy offering. All the males may eat of it, and you must treat it as most holy.
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Quick answer
The most holy offerings were to be eaten in a holy place by every male among the priests, treated as holy.
Overview
These portions were restricted to the priestly males and to be consumed within sacred bounds, reflecting their great holiness. The careful regulation guards the sanctity of what belongs to God. Eating the holy offering signified the priests' special communion with God through the sacrificial system.
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Cross-references · 10
- Lev 7:6Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- Lev 6:29Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
- Lev 6:16Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Lev 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Lev 10:17“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.
- Lev 21:22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
- Exod 29:31–32You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
- Lev 10:13You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the offerings made by fire to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded.
- Lev 14:13Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
- Lev 6:18Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
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