Leviticus 7 · Verse 6

Leviticus 7:6

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.
Leviticus 7:6, King James Version

Leviticus 7:6 in other translations

BSBEvery male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
WEBEvery male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.
ASVEvery male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in a holy place: it is most holy.
YLT‘Every male among the priests doth eat it; in the holy place it is eaten--it is most holy;
DARBYEvery male among the priests shall eat thereof; in a holy place shall it be eaten: it is most holy.
BBEEvery male among the priests may have it as food in a holy place: it is most holy.
WebsterEvery male among the priests shall eat of it: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

What does Leviticus 7:6 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Leviticus 7:1-10

Chapter Outline Concerning the trespass-offering. (1-10) Concerning the peace-offering. (11-27) The wave and heave offerings. (28-34) The conclusion of these institutions. (35-38) Verses 1-10 In the sin-offering and the trespass-offering, the sacrifice was divided between the altar and the priest; the offerer had no share, as he had in the peace-offerings. The former expressed repentance and sorrow for sin…

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Leviticus 7:6 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
יֹאכְלֶ֑נּוּyo.khe.Le.nuhe will eat itH398
בְּמָק֤וֹםbe.ma.Komin a placeH4725
קָדוֹשׁ֙ka.do.VoshholyH6918
יֵאָכֵ֔לye.'a.Khelit will be eatenH398
קֹ֥דֶשׁKo.desh[is] a holy thing ofH6944
קָֽדָשִׁ֖יםka.da.Shimholy thingsH6944
הֽוּא\׃Hu'itH1931

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Leviticus 7:6

  • Leviticus 6:29

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

  • Numbers 18:9-10

    This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons. In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.

  • Leviticus 2:3

    And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.

  • Leviticus 6:16-18

    And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it. 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.

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male.
6:16-18,29; Nu 18:9,10
it is most holy.
2:3

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Context

  • Leviticus 7:5

    And the priest shall burn them upon the altar for an offering made by fire unto the Lord: it is a trespass offering.

  • Leviticus 7:6

    Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

  • Leviticus 7:7

    As the sin offering is, so is the trespass offering: there is one law for them: the priest that maketh atonement therewith shall have it.

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Leviticus 7:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Todo varón de entre los sacerdotes la comerá: será comida en el lugar santo: es cosa muy santa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tout mâle d’entre les sacrificateurs en mangera; il sera mangé dans un lieu saint: c’est une chose très sainte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Alles Männliche unter den Priestern soll es essen; an heiligem Orte soll es gegessen werden: hochheilig ist es.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Omnis masculus de sacerdotali genere, in loco sancto vescetur his carnibus, quia Sanctum sanctorum est.