Leviticus 6 · Verse 29

Leviticus 6:29

All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
Leviticus 6:29, King James Version

Leviticus 6:29 in other translations

BSBAny male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
WEBEvery male among the priests shall eat of it. It is most holy.
ASVEvery male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
YLT‘Every male among the priests doth eat it--it is most holy;
DARBYAll the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
BBEEvery male among the priests may take it for his food: it is most holy.
WebsterAll the males among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.

What does Leviticus 6:29 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 6:24-30

The blood of the sin-offering was to be washed out of the clothes on which it should happen to be sprinkled, which signified the regard we ought to have to the blood of Christ, not counting it a common thing. The vessel in which the flesh of the sin-offering was boiled must be broken, if it were an earthen one; but if a brazen one, well washed. This showed that the defilement was not wholly taken away by the…

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Leviticus 6:29 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כָּל\־kol-everyH3605
זָכָ֥רza.KharmaleH2145
בַּכֹּהֲנִ֖יםba.ko.ha.Nimamong the priestsH3548
יֹאכַ֣לyo.Khalhe will eatH398
אֹתָ֑הּ'o.Tah<obj.> itH853
קֹ֥דֶשׁKo.desh[is] a holy thing ofH6944
קָֽדָשִׁ֖יםka.da.Shimholy thingsH6944
הִֽוא\׃hi'itH1931

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Cross references for Leviticus 6:29

  • Leviticus 6:25

    Speak 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.

  • Leviticus 6:17-18

    It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it unto them for their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering. All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: every one that toucheth them shall be holy.

  • Numbers 18:10

    In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

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Context

  • Leviticus 6:28

    But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

  • Leviticus 6:29

    All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

  • Leviticus 6:30

    And no sin offering, whereof any of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withal in the holy place, shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.

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Leviticus 6:29 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Todo varón de entre los sacerdotes la comerá: es cosa santísima.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnis masculus de genere sacerdotali vescetur de carnibus ejus, quia Sanctum sanctorum est.