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

21It must be carefully mixed with olive oil and cooked on a griddle. Then slice this grain offering and present it as a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 22In each generation, the high priest who succeeds Aaron must prepare this same offering. It belongs to the Lord and must be burned up completely. This is a permanent law. All such grain offerings of a priest must be burned up entirely. None of it may be eaten.” 24Then the Lord said to Moses, 25“Give Aaron and his sons the following instructions regarding the sin offering. The animal given as an offering for sin is a most holy offering, and it must be slaughtered in the Lord’s presence at the place where the burnt offerings are slaughtered.

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 6:16Aaron and his sons may eat the rest of the flour, but it must be baked without yeast and eaten in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.
• Leviticus 2:10The rest of the grain offering will then be given to Aaron and his sons as their food. This offering will be considered a most holy part of the special gifts presented 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

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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