Leviticus 6:17
in Leviticus 6It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My offerings made by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
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ASV
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.
KJV
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
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This verse in Leviticus 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
this is the law of the grain offering
on Leviticus 6:14-18
A handful of fine flour and olive oil, with all the frankincense, goes up as the memorial portion. The rest is eaten without leaven in the courtyard, since verse 17 assigns it to the priests as their portion.
This site's exposition
It is most holy, like the sin offering
The ban on leaven repeats the rule of Leviticus 2:11, now applied to the portion the priests eat. The verse ranks this grain offering with the sin offering and the guilt offering as most holy.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It shall not be baked with leaven,....
Note, (1.) It is the will of God that his ministers should be well provided for with food convenient; and what is given to them he accepts as offered to himself, if it be done with a single eye. (2.) All Christians, being spiritual priests, do themselves share in the spiritual sacrifices they offer.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
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
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֵאָפֶה֙ | teapeh | it will be baked | H644 → | 25 times |
| חָמֵ֔ץ | chametz | leaven | H2557 → | 11 times |
| חֶלְקָ֛ם | chelkam | share their | H2506 → | |
| נָתַ֥תִּי | natati | I have given | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֹתָ֖הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֵאִשָּׁ֑י | meishai | from fire offerings my | H801 → | 65 times |
| קֹ֤דֶשׁ | kodesh | [is] a holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| קָֽדָשִׁים֙ | kadashim | holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הִ֔וא | hi' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| כַּחַטָּ֖את | kachatat | like the sin offering | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וְכָאָשָֽׁם׃ | vekhaasham | and like the guilt offering | H817 → | 46 times |
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תֵאָפֶה֙it will be baked
teapehH644 →25 times
חָמֵ֔ץleaven
chametzH2557 →11 times
חֶלְקָ֛םshare their
chelkamH2506 →
נָתַ֥תִּיI have given
natatiH5414 →2011 times
אֹתָ֖הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
מֵאִשָּׁ֑יfrom fire offerings my
meishaiH801 →65 times
קֹ֤דֶשׁ[is] a holy thing of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
קָֽדָשִׁים֙holy things
kadashimH6944 →469 times
הִ֔ואit
hi'H1931 →1879 times
כַּחַטָּ֖אתlike the sin offering
kachatatH2403 →295 times
וְכָאָשָֽׁם׃and like the guilt offering
vekhaashamH817 →46 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
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 21:22
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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…
- 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 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.
- Leviticus 21:22
Through
Leviticus 6:25“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is…
it leads to
- Leviticus 4:24
He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 1:11
He shall slaughter it on the north side of the altar before the LORD, and Aaron’s sons the priests are to sprinkle its blood against the altar on all sides.
- Leviticus 4:24
Through
Leviticus 2:11No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.
it leads to
- Luke 12:1
In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is…
- Galatians 5:9
A little leaven works through the whole batch of dough.
- Luke 12:1
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.