Leviticus 6:26
in Leviticus 6The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.
KJV
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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This verse in Leviticus 6
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThe priest - shall eat it - From the expostulation of Moses with Aaron, Lev 10:17, we learn that the priest, by eating the sin-offering of the people, was considered as bearing their sin, and typically removing it from them: and besides, this was a part of their maintenance, or what the Scripture calls their inheritance; see Eze 44:27-30. This was afterwards greatly abused; for improper persons endeavored to get into the priest’s office merely that they might get a secular provision, which is a horrible profanity in the sight of God.
This site's exposition
This is the law of the sin offering
on Leviticus 6:25-27
The sin offering is killed in the same spot as the burnt offering, and the flesh is eaten by the priest who offered it. The chapter gives no reason for that, and the reason arrives later at Leviticus 10:17, where Moses says God gave it them to bear the iniquity of the congregation. Verse 27 treats holiness as something that transfers, since whatever touches the flesh becomes holy and a garment caught by the sprinkled blood is washed inside the holy place rather than carried home. Leviticus 10:16-20 is the one place the eating rule is broken, when Aaron's surviving sons burn a goat they were to have eaten and Moses calls them to account.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
For sin - For the sins of the rulers, or of the people, or any of them, but not for the sins of the priests; for then its blood was brought into the tabernacle, and therefore it might not be eaten.
Hereby they were to bear the iniquity of the congregation, as it is explained, ch. x. The blood of the sin-offering was with great reverence to be washed out of the clothes on which it happened to light (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it,.... Thereby signifying that he bore the sin of the person that brought the offering, and made atonement for it; as a type of Christ, who bore the sins of his people in his own body on the tree, and made satisfaction for them; see Lev 10:
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This is the law of the sin offering--It was slain, and the fat and inwards, after being washed and salted, were burnt upon the altar. But the rest of the carcass belonged to the officiating priest.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַכֹּהֵ֛ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| הַֽמְחַטֵּ֥א | hamchate' | who makes a sin offering | H2398 → | 238 times |
| אֹתָ֖הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יֹאכֲלֶ֑נָּה | yokhalenah | he will eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| בְּמָק֤וֹם | bemakom | in a place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| קָדֹשׁ֙ | kadosh | holy | H6918 → | 116 times |
| תֵּֽאָכֵ֔ל | teakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| בַּחֲצַ֖ר | bachatzar | in [the] courtyard of | H2691 → | 191 times |
| אֹ֥הֶל | ʾohel | [the] tent of | H168 → | 345 times |
| מוֹעֵֽד׃ | moed | meeting | H4150 → | 223 times |
הַכֹּהֵ֛ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
הַֽמְחַטֵּ֥אwho makes a sin offering
hamchate'H2398 →238 times
אֹתָ֖הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
יֹאכֲלֶ֑נָּהhe will eat it
yokhalenahH398 →810 times
בְּמָק֤וֹםin a place
bemakomH4725 →401 times
קָדֹשׁ֙holy
kadoshH6918 →116 times
תֵּֽאָכֵ֔לit will be eaten
teakhelH398 →810 times
בַּחֲצַ֖רin [the] courtyard of
bachatzarH2691 →191 times
אֹ֥הֶל[the] tent of
ʾohelH168 →345 times
מוֹעֵֽד׃meeting
moedH4150 →223 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
Ezekiel 42:13Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they…
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:6
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
- Leviticus 10:17
“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…
- Ezekiel 40:46
and the chamber that faces north is for the priests who keep charge of the altar. These are the sons of Zadok, the only Levites who may approach the LORD to minister before Him.”
- Numbers 18:9–10
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…
- Exodus 29:31
You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.
- Leviticus 7:6
Through
Hosea 4:8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
it leads to
- Titus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
- Isaiah 56:11
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
- Titus 1:11
Where this verse is studied
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About Leviticus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.