Leviticus 6:23

Leviticus 6:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
• New International Version (NIV)Every grain offering of a priest shall be burned completely; it must not be eaten.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten."
• New King James Version (NKJV)For every grain offering for the priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”

Context of Leviticus 6:23

21They must mix it with oil and they must cook it on a flat plate. Then they must break it into pieces and they must offer it to the Lord. The smell of it will give the Lord pleasure. 22The son whom they will anoint to take Aaron's place must prepare the offering. All of the gifts that the priests give to God must be burnt completely. Nobody should eat them.’ 24The Lord said to Moses, 25‘Tell Aaron and his sons this rule. When a person does wrong things he must give an animal to the Lord. The animal will be holy. The person must kill the animal at the north side of the altar. That is where they kill the offerings for sin.

Leviticus 6:23 word by word

וְכָל־מִנְחַ֥ת כֹּהֵ֛ן כָּלִ֥יל תִּהְיֶ֖ה לֹ֥א תֵאָכֵֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For every meat offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• for the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall be wholly burntכָּלִילkâlîyl · entireH3632
• it shall not be eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Leviticus 6:23

• Leviticus 6:16The 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.
• Leviticus 2:10The part of the cake that he did not burn is for the priests. That is because it is most holy, part of a burnt offering to the Lord.

Commentaries on Leviticus 6:23

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 23For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt - Whatever the priest offered was wholly the Lord's, and therefore must be entirely consumed: the sacrifices of the common people were offered to the Lord, but the priests partook of them; and thus they who ministered at the altar were fed by the altar. Had the priests been permitted to live on their own offerings as they did on those of the people, it would have been as if they had offered…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23Not be eaten - Compare Leviticus 6:30; Leviticus 4:12 note.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. 23Normally, most of a grain offering went to the priest who led the ceremony (Leviticus 2:9–10). But the grain offering in 6:19–23 was for a special event, the ordination of the priests. Ordination means setting apart the priests for their service to the Lord. This offering had to be burned completely and not eaten.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 19-2320. This is the offering of Aaron, and of his sons--the daily meat offering of the high priest; for though his sons are mentioned along with him, it was probably only those of his descendants who succeeded him in that high office that are meant. It was to be offered, one half of it in the morning and the other half in the evening--being daily laid by the ministering priest on the altar of burnt offering, where, being dedicated to God, it was wholly…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 6:23

• Offerings
• Priest

In the dictionaries

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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