Leviticus 6:16
in Leviticus 6Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And that which is left thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: it shall be eaten without leaven in a holy place; in the court of the tent of meeting they shall eat it.
KJV
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.
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This verse in Leviticus 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
See Lev 2:1-10; Exo 29:40-41. Lev 6:16 With unleavened bread shall it be eaten - This should be, it (the remainder) shall be eaten unleavened.
This site's exposition
And this is the law of the meat offering
on Leviticus 6:14-18
A handful of the flour, the oil and all the frankincense goes up as the memorial, and the rest of it is food. The burnt part is called a sweet savour, a phrase that falls sixteen times in Leviticus and lands almost every time on the burnt, meat and peace offerings; the one exception is the fat of a sin offering at 4:31, and the trespass offering never carries it. What remains is eaten unleavened by the males of Aaron in the court of the tabernacle, and verse 17 says why they have it, that God gave it them for their portion of the offerings made by fire. Verse 18 ends with holiness moving outward by contact, every one that toucheth them shall be holy, and the same clause returns on the sin offering at verse 27.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It was a great crime to carry any of it out of the court. The very eating of it was a sacred rite, by which they were to honour God, and therefore it must be done in a religious manner, and with a holy reverence, which was preserved by confining it to the holy place.
His sons - The males only might eat these, because they were most holy things; whereas the daughters of Aaron might eat other holy things. In the court - In some special room appointed for that purpose. The reason why this was to be eaten only by holy persons, and that in an holy place, is given ver. 17, because it is most holy.
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
כליל (connected with כל, all) means, all of it belongs alike to the Most High God (i. e. no part of it is given to the priests).
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהַנּוֹתֶ֣רֶת | vehanoteret | and the remainder | H3498 → | 106 times |
| מִמֶּ֔נָּה | mimenah | of it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| יֹאכְל֖וּ | yokhelu | they will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| אַהֲרֹ֣ן | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| וּבָנָ֑יו | uvanav | and sons his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| מַצּ֤וֹת | matzot | unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| תֵּֽאָכֵל֙ | teakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| בְּמָק֣וֹם | bemakom | in a place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| קָדֹ֔שׁ | kadosh | holy | H6918 → | 116 times |
| בַּחֲצַ֥ר | bachatzar | in [the] courtyard of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| אֹֽהֶל־ | ʾohel- | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵ֖ד | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
| יֹאכְלֽוּהָ׃ | yokheluha | they will eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
וְהַנּוֹתֶ֣רֶתand the remainder
vehanoteretH3498 →106 times
מִמֶּ֔נָּהof it
mimenahH4480 →1188 times
יֹאכְל֖וּthey will eat
yokheluH398 →810 times
אַהֲרֹ֣ןAaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
וּבָנָ֑יוand sons his
uvanavH1121 →4930 times
מַצּ֤וֹתunleavened bread<s>
matzotH4682 →53 times
תֵּֽאָכֵל֙it will be eaten
teakhelH398 →810 times
בְּמָק֣וֹםin a place
bemakomH4725 →401 times
קָדֹ֔שׁholy
kadoshH6918 →116 times
בַּחֲצַ֥רin [the] courtyard of
bachatzarH2691 →191 times
אֹֽהֶל־[the] tent of
ʾohel-H168 →345 times
מוֹעֵ֖דmeeting
moedH4150 →223 times
יֹאכְלֽוּהָ׃they will eat it
yokheluhaH398 →810 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 12:8They are to eat the meat that night, roasted over the fire, along with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
it leads to
- Exodus 34:25
Do not offer the blood of a sacrifice to Me along with anything leavened, and do not let any of the sacrifice from the Passover Feast remain until morning.
- Deuteronomy 16:7
And you shall roast it and eat it in the place the LORD your God will choose, and in the morning you shall return to your tents.
- Exodus 34:25
Through
Ezekiel 44:29They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:14
Every devoted thing in Israel belongs to you.
- Leviticus 27:21
When the field is released in the Jubilee, it will become holy, like a field devoted to the LORD; it becomes the property of the priests.
- Numbers 18:14
Through
Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:12–13
And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the…
- Leviticus 6:16–17
Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 18:9
A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt…
- Leviticus 10:12–13
Through
Leviticus 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:17–18
“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them…
- Leviticus 10:17–18
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.