Leviticus 6:23

Every grain offering for a priest shall be burned completely; it is not to be eaten.”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.

In Context

22The priest, who is one of Aaron’s sons and will be anointed to take his place, is to prepare it. As a permanent portion for the LORD, it must be burned completely.

24And the LORD said to Moses,

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:5Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 4:21Then he is to take the bull outside the camp and burn it, just as he burned the first bull. It is the sin offering for the assembly.

Leviticus 16:27The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 6:15-24

Law of the Meat-Offering. ( b. c. 1490.) 14 And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the Lord , before the altar. 15 And he shall take of it his handful, of the flour of the meat offering, and of the oil thereof, and all the frankincense which is upon the meat offering, and shall burn it upon the altar for a sweet savour, even the memorial of it, unto the Lord . 16 And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy… Read the whole commentary →

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