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.’ ”
• 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.’ ”
• New Living Translation (NLT)Any of Aaron’s male descendants may eat from the special gifts presented to the Lord. This is their permanent right from generation to generation. Anyone or anything that touches these offerings will become holy.”

Context of Leviticus 6:18

16And the rest of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten unleavened in a holy place. In the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it. 17It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my food offerings. It is a thing most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 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." 19The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 20"This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half 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 6:29Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy.
• Leviticus 21:21No man of the offspring of Aaron the priest who has a blemish shall come near to offer the Lord's food offerings; since he has a blemish, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.
• Numbers 18:10In a most holy place shall you eat it. Every male may eat it; it is holy to you.
• Leviticus 3:17It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations, in all your dwelling places, that you eat neither fat nor blood."
• Leviticus 22:3Say to them, 'If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.
• Exodus 29:37Seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it, and the altar shall be most holy. Whatever touches the altar shall become holy.
• Haggai 2:12'If someone carries holy meat in the fold of his garment and touches with his fold bread or stew or wine or oil or any kind of food, does it become holy?'" The priests answered and said, "No."
• Zechariah 14:20And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, "Holy to the Lord." And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar.
• 1 Peter 1:15but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct,
• 1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.

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

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• Aaron
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• Exodus, the Book of
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• 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