Leviticus 6:23
Every grain offering for a priest shall be burned completely; it is not to be eaten.”
BSB
ASV
And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
KJV
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt - Whatever the priest offered was wholly the Lord’s, and therefore must be entirely consumed: the sacrifices of the common people were offered to the Lord, but the priests partook of them; and thus they who ministered at the altar were fed by the altar. Had the priests been permitted to live on their own offerings as they did on those of the people, it would have been as if they had offered nothing, as they would have taken again to themselves what they appeared to give unto the Lord.
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Leviticus 2:10But 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.
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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.
