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Leviticus 7:6
6Any male among the priests may eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy.
Leviticus 7:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
- New International Version (NIV)Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
Context of Leviticus 7:6
4and the two kidneys with the fat on them. He will also remove the lobe of the liver along with the kidneys. 5The priest will burn them on the altar. It is a guilt offering by fire to the Lord. Any male among the priests may eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy. 7“The same instructions apply to the offering for sin and the guilt offering. Both offerings belong to the priest to make peace with the Lord. 8The skin of the burnt offering belongs to the priest who sacrifices it.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:6 word by word
כָּל־זָכָ֥ר בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖ים יֹאכְלֶ֑נּוּ בְּמָק֤וֹם קָדוֹשׁ֙ יֵאָכֵ֔ל קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 7:6
- Leviticus 6:16Aaron and his sons will eat the rest of it. They will eat unleavened bread in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
- Numbers 18:9That part of the most holy offerings which is not burned belongs to you. It may come from a grain offering, an offering for sin, or a guilt offering. Whatever is brought to me as a most holy offering will belong to you and your sons.
- Leviticus 2:3The rest of the grain offering will belong to Aaron and his sons. It is very holy, set apart from the Lord’s offering by fire.
Commentaries on Leviticus 7:6
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-7Verses 1-7 See Leviticus 5:14 note. In Leviticus 7:2 “sprinkle” should rather be cast Leviticus 1:5. All the details regarding the parts put on the altar are repeated for each kind of sacrifice, because the matter was one of paramount importance.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-271. Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering--This chapter is a continuation of the laws that were to regulate the duty of the priests respecting the trespass offerings. The same regulations obtained in this case as in the burnt offerings--part was to be consumed on the altar, while the other part was a perquisite of the priests--some fell exclusively to the officiating minister, and was the fee for his services; others were the common share of…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 7
- 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
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