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Selected Verse: Leviticus 6:23 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Le 6:23 |
Strong Concordance |
For every meat offering [04503] for the priest [03548] shall be wholly burnt [03632]: it shall not be eaten [0398]. |
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King James |
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Not be eaten - Compare Lev 6:30; Lev 4:12 note. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| It shall not be eaten - No part of it shall be eaten by the priest, as it was when the offering was for the people. The reason of the difference is, partly because when he offered it for the people, he was to have some recompence for his pains; partly to signify the imperfection of the Levitical priest, who could not bear their own iniquity; for the priest's eating part of the people's sacrifices did signify his typical bearing of the people's iniquity; and partly to teach the priests and ministers of God, that it is their duty to serve God with singleness of heart, and to be content with God's honour though they have no present advantage by it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| 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. Theodoret says that this marked "the high perfection which God required in the ministers of his sanctuary," as his not eating of his own sin-offering supposes him to stand free from all sin; but a better reason is given by Mr. Ainsworth: "The people's meat-offering was eaten by the priests that made atonement for them, Lev 6:15, Lev 6:16, Lev 7:7; but because no priest, being a sinner, could make atonement for himself, therefore his meat-offering might not be eaten, but all burnt on the altar, to teach him to expect salvation, not by his legal service or works, but by Christ; for the eating of the sin-offering figured the bearing of the sinner's iniquity;" Lev 10:17. |
12 Even the whole bullock [06499] shall he carry forth [03318] without [02351] the camp [04264] unto a clean [02889] place [04725], where the ashes [01880] are poured out [08211], and burn [08313] him on the wood [06086] with fire [0784]: where [0413] the ashes [01880] are poured out [08211] shall he be burnt [08313].
30 And no sin offering [02403], whereof any of the blood [01818] is brought [0935] into the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] to reconcile [03722] withal in the holy [06944] place, shall be eaten [0398]: it shall be burnt [08313] in the fire [0784].
17 Wherefore have ye not eaten [0398] the sin offering [02403] in the holy [06944] place [04725], seeing it is most [06944] holy [06944], and God hath given [05414] it you to bear [05375] the iniquity [05771] of the congregation [05712], to make atonement [03722] for them before [06440] the LORD [03068]?
7 As the sin offering [02403] is, so is the trespass offering [0817]: there is one [0259] law [08451] for them: the priest [03548] that maketh atonement [03722] therewith shall have it.
16 And the remainder [03498] thereof shall Aaron [0175] and his sons [01121] eat [0398]: with unleavened bread [04682] shall it be eaten [0398] in the holy [06918] place [04725]; in the court [02691] of the tabernacle [0168] of the congregation [04150] they shall eat [0398] it.
15 And he shall take [07311] of it his handful [07062], of the flour [05560] of the meat offering [04503], and of the oil [08081] thereof, and all the frankincense [03828] which is upon the meat offering [04503], and shall burn [06999] it upon the altar [04196] for a sweet [05207] savour [07381], even the memorial [0234] of it, unto the LORD [03068].