Tree of Life Version
Leviticus 7:6
6Every male among the kohanim may eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place—it is most 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
4along with the two kidneys and the fat that is on them, which is by the loins, plus the cover on the liver that he is to remove with the kidneys. 5Then the kohen should burn them up as smoke on the altar for an offering made by fire to Adonai. It is a trespass offering. Every male among the kohanim may eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place—it is most holy. 7“As is the sin offering, so is the trespass offering, there is one Torah for them: they are for the kohen who makes atonement with them. 8The kohen who offers anyone’s burnt offering, that kohen is to have for himself the hide of the burnt offering which he has offered.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:6 word by word
כָּל־זָכָ֥ר בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖ים יֹאכְלֶ֑נּוּ בְּמָק֤וֹם קָדוֹשׁ֙ יֵאָכֵ֔ל קֹ֥דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Leviticus 7:6
- Leviticus 6:16Thus every grain offering of a kohen is to be a whole-offering—it shall not be eaten.”
- Numbers 18:9You are to have the part of the most holy things that is kept from the fire. Whether grain, sin or guilt offerings that they bring to Me as most holy—they are for you and your sons.
- Leviticus 2:3What is left of the grain offering is for Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion of the offerings to Adonai made 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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