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Contemporary English Version

Exodus 29:33

At their ordination, a ceremony of forgiveness was performed for them with this sacred food, and only they have the right to eat it.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Priest;   Strangers;   Scofield Reference Index - Atonement;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Atonement, under the Law;   Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Holiness;   Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Worship;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Bull;   Dedicate, Dedication;   High Priest;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Stranger;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Consecrate, Consecration;   Sacrifices ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - High priest;   Priest;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Holiness;   Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Aliens;   Commandments, the 613;   Priestly Code;   Sidra;   Urim and Thummim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
King James Version
And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
Lexham English Bible
And they will eat them—the things by which atonement was made for them to ordain them to consecrate them—and a stranger will not eat them because they are holy objects.
New Century Version
They should eat these offerings that were used to remove their sins and to make them holy when they were made priests. But no one else is to eat them, because they are holy things.
New English Translation
They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.
Amplified Bible
"They shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy [that is, set apart to the worship of God].
New American Standard Bible
"So they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they shall eate these thinges, whereby their attonement was made, to consecrate them, and to sanctifie them: but a stranger shall not eate thereof, because they are holy things.
Legacy Standard Bible
Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made to ordain them, to set them apart as holy; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.
Complete Jewish Bible
They are to eat the things with which atonement was made for them, to inaugurate and consecrate them; no one else may eat this food, because it is holy.
Darby Translation
They shall eat the things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to hallow them; but a stranger shall not eat [of them], for they are holy.
Easy-to-Read Version
These offerings were used to take away their sins when they were made priests. Now they should eat these offerings.
English Standard Version
They shall eat those things with which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy.
George Lamsa Translation
And they shall eat of those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat of them because they are holy.
Good News Translation
They shall eat what was used in the ritual of forgiveness at their ordination. Only priests may eat this food, because it is sacred.
Christian Standard Bible®
They must eat those things by which atonement was made at the time of their ordination and consecration. An unauthorized person must not eat them, for these things are holy.
Literal Translation
And they shall eat those things by which atonement is made to consecrate them, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat, for they are holy.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for there is an attonement made therwith, to fyll their handes, that they maye be consecrated. A strauger shal not eate therof, for it is holy.
American Standard Version
And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
Bible in Basic English
All those things which were used as offerings to take away sin, and to make them holy to be priests, they may have for food: but no one who is not a priest may have them, for they are holy food.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they shall eate them, because the attonement was made therwith to fyll theyr handes and to consecrate them: but a straunger shall not eate therof, because they are holy.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
King James Version (1611)
And they shall eate those things, wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctifie them: but a stranger shall not eate thereof, because they are holy.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
They shall eat the offerings with which they were sanctified to fill their hands, to sanctify them; and a stranger shall not eat of them, for they are holy.
English Revised Version
And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
Berean Standard Bible
They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
that it be a pleasaunt sacrifice, and that the hondis of the offreris be halewid. An alien schal not ete of tho, for tho ben hooli.
Young's Literal Translation
and they have eaten those things by which there is atonement to consecrate their hand, to sanctify them; and a stranger doth not eat -- for they [are] holy;
Update Bible Version
And they shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat, because they are holy.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat [of them], because they [are] holy.
World English Bible
They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to consecrate and sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat of it, because they are holy.
New King James Version
They shall eat those things with which the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them; but an outsider shall not eat them, because they are holy.
New Living Translation
They alone may eat the meat and bread used for their purification in the ordination ceremony. No one else may eat them, for these things are set apart and holy.
New Life Bible
They will eat those things that were used in worship when they were forgiven of their sin and when they were set apart for My work. But one who is not a religious leader may not eat them, because they are holy.
New Revised Standard
They themselves shall eat the food by which atonement is made, to ordain and consecrate them, but no one else shall eat of them, because they are holy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
thus shall they eat those things wherewith a propitiatory-covering hath been made, to install them, to hallow them, but, a stranger, shall not eat, for holy, they are.
Douay-Rheims Bible
That it may be an atoning sacrifice, and the hands of the offerers may be sanctified. A stranger shall not eat of them, because they are holy.
Revised Standard Version
They shall eat those things with which atonement was made, to ordain and consecrate them, but an outsider shall not eat of them, because they are holy.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord said to Moses: When you ordain one of Aaron's sons as my priest, choose a young bull and two rams that have nothing wrong with them. 2 Then from your finest flour make three batches of dough without yeast. Shape some of it into larger loaves, some into smaller loaves mixed with olive oil, and the rest into thin wafers brushed with oil. 3 Put all of this bread in a basket and bring it when you come to sacrifice the three animals to me. 4 Bring Aaron and his sons to the entrance of the sacred tent and have them wash themselves. 5 Dress Aaron in the priestly shirt, the robe that goes under the sacred vest, the vest itself, the breastpiece, and the sash. 6 Put on his turban with its narrow strip of engraved gold 7 and then ordain him by pouring olive oil on his head. 8 Next, dress Aaron's sons in their special shirts 9 and caps and their sashes, then ordain them, because they and their descendants will always be priests. 10 Lead the bull to the entrance of the sacred tent, where Aaron and his sons will lay their hands on its head.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

eat those: Leviticus 10:13-18, Psalms 22:26, John 6:53-55, 1 Corinthians 11:24, 1 Corinthians 11:26

a stranger: Leviticus 22:10-13, Numbers 1:51, Numbers 3:10, Numbers 3:38, Numbers 16:40, Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:7

they are holy: Numbers 16:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:33 - a stranger Leviticus 6:17 - it is most holy Leviticus 24:9 - they shall 1 Chronicles 6:49 - make an atonement 1 Chronicles 23:13 - sanctify Matthew 12:4 - but Mark 2:26 - which is not lawful

Cross-References

Genesis 29:5
Then he asked, "Do you know Nahor's grandson Laban?" "Yes we do," they replied.
Genesis 29:6
"How is he?" Jacob asked. "He's fine," they answered. "And here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep."
Genesis 30:6
Rachel named him Dan, because she said, "God has answered my prayers. He has judged me and given me a son."
Genesis 30:8
Rachel said, "I've struggled hard with my sister, and I've won!" So she named the boy Naphtali.
Genesis 30:18
Leah shouted, "God has rewarded me for letting Jacob marry my servant," and she named the boy Issachar.
Genesis 30:20
she exclaimed, "God has given me a wonderful gift, and my husband will praise me for giving him six sons." So she named the boy Zebulun.
Genesis 34:25
Three days later the men who had been circumcised were still weak from pain. So Simeon and Levi, two of Dinah's brothers, attacked with their swords and killed every man in town,
Genesis 34:30
Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "Look what you've done! Now I'm in real trouble with the Canaanites and Perizzites who live around here. There aren't many of us, and if they attack, they'll kill everyone in my household."
Genesis 35:23
Jacob had twelve sons while living in northern Syria. His first-born Reuben was the son of Leah, who later gave birth to Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun. Leah's servant Zilpah had two sons: Gad and Asher. Jacob and his wife Rachel had Joseph and Benjamin. Rachel's servant woman Bilhah had two more sons: Dan and Naphtali.
Genesis 42:24
Joseph turned away from them and cried, but soon he turned back and spoke to them again. Then he had Simeon tied up and taken away while they watched.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made,.... For the sins of Aaron and his sons, for they were men of infirmity, and needed sacrifice for sin themselves; and herein Christ their antitype excelled them, that he had no sin of his own, and needed not to offer first for them, and then for the sins of others, as Aaron and his sons, the types of him, did; and their eating of the sacrifice for atonement points at the receiving of the atonement of Christ's sacrifice by faith, and the enjoyment of it and the blessings following on it:

to consecrate and to sanctify them; that they might be filled and fitted, and set apart and devoted to the office of the priesthood, and minister in it:

but a stranger shall not eat [thereof], because they are holy; meaning not one of another nation, but of another family, though an Israelite; the Targum of Jonathan renders it, a profane and common person, a layman, one that was not a priest; who, though he was of the seed of Israel, yet not being of the seed of Aaron, as Aben Ezra interprets it, he might not eat of the above things, because they were devoted to holy uses; and therefore none but such who were sanctified or set apart to sacred service might partake of them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The consecration of the priests. See the notes to Lev. 8–9.

Exodus 29:4

Door of the tabernacle - Entrance of the tent. See Leviticus 8:3.

Exodus 29:27

The “waving” was the more solemn process of the two: it was a movement several times repeated, while “heaving” was simply a “lifting up” once.

Exodus 29:33

A stranger - One of another family, i. e. in this case, one not of the family of Aaron.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 29:33. But a stranger shall not eat thereof] That is, no person who was not of the family of Aaron - no Israelite, and not even a Levite.


 
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