Leviticus 6:18
in Leviticus 6Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as his portion for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: whosoever toucheth them shall be holy.
KJV
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.
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This verse in Leviticus 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseOf the less holy things, as the first-fruits and tithes, and the shoulder and breasts of the peace-offerings, the daughters of the priests might eat, for they might be carried out of the court; but this was of the most holy things, which being to be eaten only in the tabernacle, the sons of Aaron only might eat of it.
This 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
Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it
Only the males of Aaron's line eat this permanent portion. Matthew Henry explains that the daughters of priests could eat the less holy things. The most holy things were eaten at the tabernacle by the sons alone.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Holy things for holy persons. Some read it, Every thing that toucheth it shall be holy: Al the furniture of the table on which these holy things were eaten must be appropriated to that use only, and never after used as common things. As to the consecration meat-offering, which was offered for the priests themselves, it was to be wholly burnt, and none of it eaten,
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it,....
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זָכָ֞ר | zakhar | male | H2145 → | 82 times |
| בִּבְנֵ֤י | bivnei | among [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אַהֲרֹן֙ | ʾaharon | Aaron | H175 → | 347 times |
| יֹֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּה | yokhalenah | he will eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| חָק־ | chok- | a prescribed portion of | H2706 → | 127 times |
| עוֹלָם֙ | olam | perpetuity | H5769 → | 438 times |
| לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם | ledoroteikhem | to generations your | H1755 → | 167 times |
| מֵאִשֵּׁ֖י | meishei | from [the] fire offerings of | H801 → | 65 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| כֹּ֛ל | kol | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | [one] who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יִגַּ֥ע | yiga' | he will touch | H5060 → | 150 times |
| בָּהֶ֖ם | bahem | <in> them | ||
| יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃ פ | yikdash | he will be holy | H6942 → | 171 times |
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
זָכָ֞רmale
zakharH2145 →82 times
בִּבְנֵ֤יamong [the] sons of
bivneiH1121 →4930 times
אַהֲרֹן֙Aaron
ʾaharonH175 →347 times
יֹֽאכֲלֶ֔נָּהhe will eat it
yokhalenahH398 →810 times
חָק־a prescribed portion of
chok-H2706 →127 times
עוֹלָם֙perpetuity
olamH5769 →438 times
לְדֹרֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔םto generations your
ledoroteikhemH1755 →167 times
מֵאִשֵּׁ֖יfrom [the] fire offerings of
meisheiH801 →65 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
כֹּ֛לevery
kolH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־[one] who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יִגַּ֥עhe will touch
yiga'H5060 →150 times
בָּהֶ֖ם<in> them
bahem
יִקְדָּֽשׁ׃ פhe will be holy
yikdashH6942 →171 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
1 Peter 2:9But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
it leads to
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.
- Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of…
- Revelation 1:6
who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.
- Revelation 5:10
You have made them to be a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign upon the earth.”
- Isaiah 61:6
But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their…
- Exodus 19:5–6
Through
1 Peter 1:16for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”
it leads to
- Leviticus 11:44
For I am the LORD your God; consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am holy. You must not defile yourselves by any creature that crawls along the ground.
- Leviticus 19:2
“Speak to the whole congregation of Israel and tell them: Be holy because I, the LORD your God, am holy.
- Leviticus 20:7
Consecrate yourselves, therefore, and be holy, because I am the LORD your God.
- Leviticus 11:44
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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.