Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy. New Living Translation Any male from a priest’s family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it is most holy. English Standard Version Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. Berean Standard Bible Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. King James Bible Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. New King James Version Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. New American Standard Bible Every male among the priests may eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. NASB 1995 ‘Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. NASB 1977 ‘Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. Legacy Standard Bible Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. Amplified Bible Every male among the priests may eat it; it shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. Christian Standard Bible Any male among the priests may eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place; it is especially holy. Holman Christian Standard Bible Any male among the priests may eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place; it is especially holy.” American Standard Version Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy. Contemporary English Version This sacrifice for making things right is very holy. Only the priests may eat it, and they must eat it in a holy place. English Revised Version Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy. GOD'S WORD® Translation Any male among the priests may eat it. It will be eaten in a holy place. It is very holy. Good News Translation Any male of the priestly families may eat it, but it must be eaten in a holy place, because it is very holy. International Standard Version Any male among the priests may eat it, provided that it is eaten at a sacred place as a most holy thing. Majority Standard Bible Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. NET Bible Any male among the priests may eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. New Heart English Bible Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. Webster's Bible Translation Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. World English Bible Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionEvery male among the priests eats it; it is eaten in a holy place—it [is] most holy; Young's Literal Translation Every male among the priests doth eat it; in the holy place it is eaten -- it is most holy; Smith's Literal Translation Every male among the priests shall eat it: in the holy place it shall be eaten: it is holy of holies. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleEvery male of the priestly race, shall eat this flesh in a holy place, because it is most holy. Catholic Public Domain Version Every male of priestly descent shall feed on this flesh in a holy place, because it is the Holy of holies. New American Bible Every male of the priestly line may eat of it; but it must be eaten in a sacred place. It is most holy. New Revised Standard Version Every male among the priests shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleEvery male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in the holy place; it is most holy. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Every male of the sons of Ahron shall eat it; in the holy place it shall be eaten; it is Holy of Holy things. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Every male among the priests may eat thereof; it shall be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. Brenton Septuagint Translation Every male of the priest shall eat them, in the holy place they shall eat them: they are most holy. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Guilt Offering…5The priest shall burn them on the altar as an offering made by fire to the LORD; it is a guilt offering. 6Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. 7The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.… Cross References Numbers 18:9-10 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 offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. / You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy. Leviticus 6:16-18 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. / It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My food offerings. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. / Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the food offerings to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them will become holy.” Leviticus 6:26 The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. Leviticus 10:12-14 And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy. / You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded. / And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. Deuteronomy 18:1-2 The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. / Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. 1 Samuel 2:28 And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites. Ezekiel 44:29-30 They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. / The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes. Exodus 29:31-33 You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. / At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket. / They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred. Numbers 18:19 All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.” 1 Corinthians 9:13 Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings? Hebrews 13:10 We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. Matthew 12:4 He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests. Luke 10:7 Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house. 1 Corinthians 10:18 Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar? Hebrews 7:13-14 He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar. / For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests. Treasury of Scripture Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy. male Leviticus 6:16-18,29 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it… Numbers 18:9,10 This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons… it is most holy Leviticus 2:3 And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Jump to Previous Eat Eaten Family Food Holy Male Priests Priest's ThereofJump to Next Eat Eaten Family Food Holy Male Priests Priest's ThereofLeviticus 7 1. The law of the trespass offering11. and of the peace offering 12. whether it be for a thanksgiving 16. or a vow, or a free will offering 22. the fat and the blood are forbidden 28. The priests' portion in the peace offerings 35. The whole summed up Every male among the priests This phrase underscores the specific designation of the priestly class in ancient Israel. The Hebrew word for "priests" is "kohen," which refers to those set apart for sacred duties. Historically, the priesthood was limited to the male descendants of Aaron, Moses' brother, emphasizing a hereditary and patriarchal system. This exclusivity highlights the importance of maintaining purity and holiness within the priestly line, as they were mediators between God and the people. The role of the priest was not just a position but a calling to serve in the presence of God, reflecting the divine order and structure established by God for worship and sacrifice. may eat it It must be eaten in a holy place it is most holy Hebrew Everyכָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every male זָכָ֥ר (zā·ḵār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2145: Remembered, a male among the priests בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖ים (bak·kō·hă·nîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3548: Priest may eat of it. יֹאכְלֶ֑נּוּ (yō·ḵə·len·nū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat It must be eaten יֵאָכֵ֔ל (yê·’ā·ḵêl) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 398: To eat in a holy קָדוֹשׁ֙ (qā·ḏō·wōš) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 6918: Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary place; בְּמָק֤וֹם (bə·mā·qō·wm) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4725: A standing, a spot, a condition it [is] הֽוּא׃ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are most קֹ֥דֶשׁ (qō·ḏeš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity holy. קָֽדָשִׁ֖ים (qā·ḏā·šîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity Links Leviticus 7:6 NIVLeviticus 7:6 NLT Leviticus 7:6 ESV Leviticus 7:6 NASB Leviticus 7:6 KJV Leviticus 7:6 BibleApps.com Leviticus 7:6 Biblia Paralela Leviticus 7:6 Chinese Bible Leviticus 7:6 French Bible Leviticus 7:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Leviticus 7:6 Every male among the priests may eat (Le Lv Lev.) |