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Leviticus 6:23 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 6 · verse 23
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.Leviticus 6:23 · King James Version
Leviticus 6:23 in context
21In a pan it shall be made with oil; and when it is baken, thou shalt bring it in: and the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
22And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
23For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
24And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
25Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it is most holy.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- offeringminchâha donationH4503 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- burntkâlîylcompleteH3632 →
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The meat-offering was either that which was offered by the people or that by the priests at their consecration. Now, I. As to the common meat-offering, 1. Only a handful of it was to be burnt upon the altar; all the rest was allowed to the priests for their food.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-23