Leviticus 6:29

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Leviticus 6:29 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Leviticus 6:29 — American Standard Version

Context — Leviticus 6

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
29Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And all the males among the priests shall eat thereof, etc.] As of the meat offerings, (<030618>Leviticus 6:18) and this shows that not the single priest that offered only ate of it, (<030626>Leviticus 6:26) but his male children, and not those only, but those of other priests then upon duty, or in the court: it [is] most holy; (see Gill on “<030625>Leviticus 6:25”).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“the males: Lev 6:18; Num 18:10 it is: Lev 6:25 Leviticus 6:30”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The flesh of the sin-offering was to be eaten after it had been boiled, like the meat-offering ( Lev 6:16 and Lev 6:18), by the males among the priests alone. But this only applied to the sin-offerings the laity (Lev 4:22-5:13). The flesh of the sin-offerings for the high priest and the whole congregation (Lev 4:1-21), the blood of which was brought into the tabernacle "to make atonement in the sanctuary," i.e., that the expiation with the blood might be completed there, was not to be eaten, but to be burned with fire ( Lev 4:12, Lev 4:21). \- On the signification of this act of eating the flesh of the sin-offering, see at Lev 10:17. Next: Leviticus Chapter 7”
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