Leviticus 6:23

Every meal offering of a priest shall be wholly burnt. It shall not be eaten.”

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

22The anointed priest that will be in his place from amongst his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burnt to the LORD.

24The LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

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Cross References

Leviticus 4:5The anointed priest shall take some of the blood of the bull, and bring it to the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 4:21He shall carry the bull outside the camp, and burn it as he burnt 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 in to make atonement in the Holy Place, shall be carried outside the camp; and they shall burn their skins, their flesh, and their dung with fire.

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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