Leviticus 6:18

Leviticus 6:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
• New International Version (NIV)Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord. Whatever touches them will become holy.’ ”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord's food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy."
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the Lord. Everyone who touches them must be holy.’ ”

Context of Leviticus 6:18

16The priests will make into bread the flour that he did not burn. They must not use yeast to make the bread. They must eat the bread in a holy place, in the yard outside the Tent of Meeting. 17The bread is for the priests because it is a holy part of a gift. It is holy, like the offerings for sin. And it is like the gifts when somebody does anything wrong. Any son, grandson or male of Aaron's family can eat the bread. It is his usual part of the burnt offerings to the Lord. A person who touches the bread will become holy.’ 19The Lord said to Moses, 20‘When Aaron is anointed, Aaron and his sons must give an offering to the Lord. It must be a tenth of an ephah (about two litres) of best flour. They must bring half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.

Leviticus 6:18 word by word

כָּל־זָכָ֞ר בִּבְנֵ֤י אַהֲרֹן֙ יֹֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה חָק־עוֹלָם֙ לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם מֵאִשֵּׁ֖י יְהוָ֑ה כֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־יִגַּ֥ע בָּהֶ֖ם יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the malesזָכָרzâkâr · maleH2145
• among the childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Aaronאַהֲרֹן'ahărôn · AaronH175
• shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• a statuteחֹקchôq · statute: decreeH2706
• for everעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: enduringH5769
• in your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• concerning the offeringsאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• every one that touchethנָגַעnâga‛ · to touchH5060
• them shall be holyקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942

Cross-references for Leviticus 6:18

• Leviticus 6:29The meat is holy. Only the priests' sons can eat it.
• Leviticus 21:21If a priest's son has something wrong with his body, he must not come near to the altar. He must not give the food offering to the Lord.
• Numbers 18:10All the men in your family may eat these gifts. Remember that they are holy gifts.
• Leviticus 3:17Israel's people must not eat any fat or drink any blood. This rule is for them and for their children everywhere. They must obey this rule always.’
• Leviticus 22:3One of your sons may not be clean. That son must not come near the Lord's holy offerings. But perhaps he may not obey my rule. He might go near to the holy gifts. The priests who are clean must punish him. They must send him away. He must go from God's house. I am the Lord. This rule is for now and for all time.
• Exodus 29:37Do this to the altar for seven days to make it pure. Then it will be completely holy. Anything that touches the altar will become holy too.
• Haggai 2:12A person might be carrying some special, holy meat in his clothes. His clothes might then touch some food. It might be bread, or soup, or wine, or oil. If the clothes that hold the holy meat touch any other food, does that other food also become holy?’ The priests replied, ‘No.’
• Zechariah 14:20On that day, men will write the words, ‘This is for the Lord’ on the bells of the horses. The pots that anyone uses to cook with in the house of the Lord will be special. They will be as special as the dishes in front of the altar.
• 1 Peter 1:15God has chosen you to be his own people. He is completely good. So you must be completely good too, in the way that you live.
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are not like that. You are a special group of people that God has chosen. You serve God like priests who serve a King. You are his own holy people who belong to him. He has taken you out of the dark place of sin, and he has brought you into his great light. He has done all this so that you can tell people how great he is.

Commentaries on Leviticus 6:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14-18Verses 14-18 See Leviticus 2:1-10; Exodus 29:40-41. Leviticus 6:16 With unleavened bread shall it be eaten - This should be, it (the remainder) shall be eaten unleavened.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-23Verses 14-23 The law of the burnt-offerings put upon the priests a great deal of care and work; the flesh was wholly burnt, and the priests had nothing but the skin. But most of the meat-offering was their own. It is God's will that his ministers should be provided with what is needful.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The priestly share was not only for the priest performing the sacrifice. All of Aaron’s male descendants shared it. The text does not explain why only males could eat these offerings, although other offerings were for all priestly family members (see study note on Leviticus 10:13–15; see also Numbers 18:20–24). will become holy (Or must be holy; also in Leviticus 6:27): Although uncleanness could spread by touch (chapter 15), the prophet Haggai suggested…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1814-18. this is the law of the meat offering--Though this was a provision for the priests and their families, it was to be regarded as "most holy"; and the way in which it was prepared was: on any meat offerings being presented, the priest carried them to the altar, and taking a handful from each of them as an oblation, he salted and burnt it on the altar; the residue became the property of the priests, and was the food of those whose duty it was to attend…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 6:18

• Offerings
• Priest

In the dictionaries

• Aaron
• Appertain
• Festivals, Religious
• Meatoffering
• Criticism
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
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Commentaries on Leviticus 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings