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Leviticus 24:9

in Leviticus 24

It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD—his portion forever.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.

KJV

And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of the Lord made by fire by a perpetual statute.

This verse in Leviticus 24

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

It - The old bread now to be taken away. Made by fire - The incense was offered by fire, and that for or instead of the bread, and therefore the bread was reputed as if it had been so offered.

This site's exposition

Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out

on Leviticus 24:8-9

The bread is renewed every Sabbath, and Aaron and his sons eat it in a holy place. David ate this bread at Nob in 1 Samuel 21:6. Jesus argued from it at Matthew 12:3-4 that the priests were blameless when the Sabbath bent for need.

This site's exposition

a most holy part of the offerings

The bread counts among the offerings made by fire, though no loaf went on the altar. John Wesley explains that the incense was burned for the bread, so the bread was reckoned as offered. Aaron's sons ate the old loaves as the new went on.

The record, by era

The Medieval Church1 voice

A commentator

Bede

On the Tabernacle 1.7 · Written before 735.

proposed

And that which is added in conclusion, "And they shall be for Aaron and his sons," contains a mystery which can be understood in two ways. For surely Aaron in company with his sons eats the holy loaves that are taken from the table of …

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And it shall be Aaron's and his sons',....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

AND THE SON OF AN ISRAELITE WOMAN, WHOSE FATHER WAS AN EGYPTIAN, WENT OUT, etc. This means that he went out among the children of Israel, 520 In the Hebrew, the word vayeitzei (and he went out) is not adjoined to the phrase, among the children of Israel.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Leviticus 24:10:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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. 5 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

15 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהָֽיְתָה֙and it will belong

    vehaytahH1961 →3559 times

  • לְאַהֲרֹ֣ןto Aaron

    leaharonH175 →347 times

  • וּלְבָנָ֔יוand to sons his

    ulevanavH1121 →4930 times

  • וַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּand they will eat it

    vaakhaluhuH398 →810 times

  • בְּמָק֣וֹםin a place

    bemakomH4725 →401 times

  • קָדֹ֑שׁholy

    kadoshH6918 →116 times

  • כִּ֡יfor

    kiH3588 →4482 times

  • קֹדֶשׁ֩[is] a holy thing of

    kodeshH6944 →469 times

  • קָֽדָשִׁ֨יםholy things

    kadashimH6944 →469 times

  • ה֥וּאit

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • ל֛וֹfor <the> him

    lo

  • מֵאִשֵּׁ֥יfrom [the] fire offerings of

    meisheiH801 →65 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • חָק־a prescribed portion of

    chok-H2706 →127 times

  • עוֹלָֽם׃ סperpetuity

    olamH5769 →438 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Mark 2:26

    During the high priesthood of Abiathar, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated bread, which was lawful only for the priests. And he gave some to his companions as well.”

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 24:5–9

      You are also to take fine flour and bake twelve loaves, using two-tenths of an ephah for each loaf,

      Reached by 3 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Samuel 8:17

      Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;

    • 1 Samuel 21:1

      Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”

    • 1 Chronicles 24:6

      The scribe, Shemaiah son of Nethanel, a Levite, recorded their names in the presence of the king and of the officers: Zadok the priest, Ahimelech son of Abiathar, and the heads of families of…

  • Through

    Leviticus 6:16

    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.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 44:29

      They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.

    • Leviticus 2:3

      The 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.

    • 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…

  • Through

    Leviticus 8:31

    And Moses said to Aaron and his sons, “Boil the meat at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting and eat it there with the bread that is in the basket of ordination offerings,…

    it leads to

    • Exodus 29:31–32

      You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place.

Where this verse is studied

About Leviticus

This page draws on Bede, On the Tabernacle 1.7; 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.