Leviticus 7:6
in Leviticus 7Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
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ASV
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.
KJV
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
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This verse in Leviticus 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
this is the law of the guilt offering
on Leviticus 7:1-7
Chapters 4 and 5 treated the sin and guilt offerings apart, and verse 7 puts them under one law. The fat is burned, and every male among the priests eats the rest in a holy place.
This site's exposition
Every male among the priests may eat of it
The guilt offering is eaten under the rule given for the sin offering at Leviticus 6:29, ending with the same words, it is most holy. The flesh stays within the holy place and within the priesthood.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
They offered peace-offerings in thankfulness for mercy, and then it was proper to feast; but they offered trespass-offerings in sorrow for sin, and then fasting was more proper, in token of holy mourning, and a resolution to abstain from sin. Concerning the burnt-offering it is here appointed that the priest that offered it should have the skin (
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When the blood and fat were offered to God to make atonement, the priests were to eat the flesh, as that of the sin-offering, in the holy place.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| זָכָ֥ר | zakhar | male | H2145 → | 82 times |
| בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖ים | bakohanim | among the priests | H3548 → | 750 times |
| יֹאכְלֶ֑נּוּ | yokhelenu | he will eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| בְּמָק֤וֹם | bemakom | in a place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| קָדוֹשׁ֙ | kadovosh | holy | H6918 → | 116 times |
| יֵאָכֵ֔ל | yeakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| קֹ֥דֶשׁ | kodesh | [is] a holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים | kadashim | holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
זָכָ֥רmale
zakharH2145 →82 times
בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖יםamong the priests
bakohanimH3548 →750 times
יֹאכְלֶ֑נּוּhe will eat it
yokhelenuH398 →810 times
בְּמָק֤וֹםin a place
bemakomH4725 →401 times
קָדוֹשׁ֙holy
kadovoshH6918 →116 times
יֵאָכֵ֔לit will be eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
קֹ֥דֶשׁ[is] a holy thing of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
קָֽדָשִׁ֖יםholy things
kadashimH6944 →469 times
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 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 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…
- Leviticus 21:22
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
- 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 7:9
Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
- Leviticus 10:12–13
Through
Leviticus 6:29Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
it leads to
- Leviticus 6:17–18
It 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.
- Numbers 18:10
You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.
- 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…
- Leviticus 6:17–18
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.