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New American Standard Bible

Leviticus 6:18

'Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the LORD. Whoever touches them will become consecrated.'"

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Offerings;   Priest;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Meat-Offerings;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Sacrifice;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Festivals, Religious;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Meat;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Confession;   Priests and Levites;   Propitiation;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Offerings, the;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Meat-offering;   Offering;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Leviticus;   Sacrifice;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Holy of Holies;   Sacrifice;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Every male among the children of Aharon shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
Every male among Aaron's sons may eat it as a lasting rule among your generations from the offerings made by fire belonging to Yahweh. Anything that touches them will become holy.'"
New Century Version
Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it as his share of the offerings made to the Lord by fire, and this will continue from now on. Whatever touches these offerings shall become holy.'"
New English Translation
Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion throughout your generations from the gifts of the Lord . Anyone who touches these gifts must be holy.'"
Amplified Bible
'Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it [as his share]; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from offerings by fire to the LORD. Whatever touches them will become consecrated (ceremonially clean).'"
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eate of it: It shalbe a statute for euer in your generations concerning the offrings of the Lord, made by fire: whatsoeuer toucheth them shall be holy.
Legacy Standard Bible
Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to Yahweh. Whoever touches them will be set apart as holy.'"
Contemporary English Version
Only the men in Aaron's family are allowed to eat this bread, and they must go through a ceremony to be made holy before touching it. This law will never change.
Complete Jewish Bible
"Tell Aharon and his sons, ‘This is the law for the sin offering: the sin offering is to be slaughtered before Adonai in the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered; it is especially holy.
Darby Translation
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. [It is] an everlasting statute in your generations, [their portion] of Jehovah's offerings by fire: whatever toucheth these shall be holy.
Easy-to-Read Version
Any male descendant of Aaron may eat from these gifts to the Lord . This is their share forever throughout your generations. Whatever touches these offerings will be made holy."
English Standard Version
Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed forever throughout your generations, from the Lord 's food offerings. Whatever touches them shall become holy."
George Lamsa Translation
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it. It shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations out of the offerings of the LORD made by fire; every one that touches them shall be holy.
Good News Translation
For all time to come any of the male descendants of Aaron may eat it as their continuing share of the food offered to the Lord . Anyone else who touches a food offering will be harmed by the power of its holiness.
Christian Standard Bible®
Any male among Aaron’s descendants may eat it. It is a permanent portion throughout your generations from the fire offerings to the Lord. Anything that touches the offerings will become holy.”
Literal Translation
Every male among the sons of Aaron shall eat it, a never ending statute throughout your generations from the fire offerings of Jehovah. All that touches them shall be holy.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
All the males amonge the children of Aaron shall eate of it. Let this be a perpetuall lawe for youre posterities in the sacrifices of the LORDE. No man shall touch it, excepte he be consecrated.
American Standard Version
Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as his portion for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: whosoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Bible in Basic English
Every male among the children of Aaron may have it for food; it is their right for ever through all your generations, from the offerings made by fire to the Lord: anyone touching them will be holy.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All the males among the chyldren of Aaron shall eate of it: It shalbe a statute for euer in your generations concerning the sacrifice of the Lorde made by fire: let euery one that toucheth it, be holy.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
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.
King James Version (1611)
All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it: It shalbe a statute for euer in your generations concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire: euery one that toucheth them shalbe holy.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Every male of the priests shall eat it: it is a perpetual ordinance throughout your generations of the burnt-offerings of the Lord; whosoever shall touch them shall be hallowed.
English Revised Version
Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as a due for ever throughout your generations, from the offerings of the LORD made by fire: whosoever toucheth them shall be holy.
Berean Standard Bible
Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. This is a permanent portion from the offerings made by fire to the LORD for the generations to come. Anything that touches them shall become holy."
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Malis oonli of the kynrede of Aaron schulen ete it; it is a lawful thing and euerlastynge in youre generaciouns, of the sacrifice of the Lord; ech man that touchith tho schal be halewyd.
Young's Literal Translation
Every male among the sons of Aaron doth eat it -- a statute age-during to your generations, out of the fire-offerings of Jehovah: all that cometh against them is holy.'
Update Bible Version
Every male among the sons of Aaron shall eat of it, as [his] portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire: whoever touches them shall be holy.
Webster's Bible Translation
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.
World English Bible
Every male among the children of Aaron shall eat of it, as their portion forever throughout your generations, from the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. Whoever touches them shall be holy.'"
New King James Version
All the males among the children of Aaron may eat it. It shall be a statute forever in your generations concerning the offerings made by fire to the Lord. Everyone who touches them must be holy.' " Numbers 4:15 and Haggai 2:11-13">[fn]
New Living Translation
Any of Aaron's male descendants may eat from the special gifts presented to the Lord . This is their permanent right from generation to generation. Anyone or anything that touches these offerings will become holy."
New Life Bible
Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a Law forever for all your people, from the gifts by fire to the Lord. Whoever touches them will become holy.'"
New Revised Standard
Every male among the descendants of Aaron shall eat of it, as their perpetual due throughout your generations, from the Lord 's offerings by fire; anything that touches them shall become holy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Any male among the sons of Aaron may eat it, an age-abiding statute to your generations from among the altar-flames of Yahweh, - every one that toucheth them shall be hallowed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
The males only of the race of Aaron shall eat it. It shall be an ordinance everlasting in your generations concerning the sacrifices of the Lord: Every one that toucheth them shall be sanctified.
Revised Standard Version
Every male among the children of Aaron may eat of it, as decreed for ever throughout your generations, from the LORD's offerings by fire; whoever touches them shall become holy."
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the LORD. Whoever touches them will become consecrated.'"

Contextual Overview

14 'Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar. 15 'Then one of them shall lift up from it a handful of the fine flour of the grain offering, with its oil and all the incense that is on the grain offering, and he shall offer it up in smoke on the altar, a soothing aroma, as its memorial offering to the LORD. 16 'And Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left of it. It shall be eaten as unleavened cakes in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. 17 'It shall not be baked with leaven. I have given it as their share from My offerings by fire; it is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering. 18 'Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it; it is a permanent ordinance throughout your generations, from the offerings by fire to the LORD. Whoever touches them will become consecrated.'"19 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 20 "This is the offering which Aaron and his sons are to present to the LORD on the day when he is anointed; the tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening. 21 "It shall be prepared with oil on a griddle. When it is well stirred, you shall bring it. You shall present the grain offering in baked pieces as a soothing aroma to the LORD. 22 "The anointed priest who will be in his place among his sons shall offer it. By a permanent ordinance it shall be entirely offered up in smoke to the LORD. 23 "So every grain offering of the priest shall be burned entirely. It shall not be eaten."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the males: Leviticus 6:29, Leviticus 21:21, Leviticus 21:22, Numbers 18:10

It shall: Leviticus 3:17

every one: Kol asher yiggâ bahem yikdash, "all - whether person or thing that toucheth them shall be - or must be holy;" that is, the priests must not eat of these oblations when under any ceremonial defilement, and the sacred utensils used about them must not be employed for any other purpose, or in any other way. Leviticus 22:3-7, Exodus 29:37, Haggai 2:12-14, Zechariah 14:20, Zechariah 14:21, 1 Peter 1:16, 1 Peter 2:9

Reciprocal: Exodus 30:29 - whatsoever Leviticus 6:27 - touch Numbers 5:9 - offering Numbers 18:8 - the charge

Cross-References

Genesis 6:9
These are the records of the generations of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation. Noah walked with God.
Genesis 6:16
"You shall make a window for the ark, and finish it to a cubit from the top; and put the door of the ark on the side; you shall make it with lower, second, and third decks.
Genesis 7:1
Then the LORD said to Noah, "Enter the ark, you and all your household, for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this generation.
Genesis 7:7
Then Noah and his sons, his wife, and his sons' wives with him entered the ark because of the waters of the flood.
Genesis 7:13
On this very same day Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife and the three wives of his sons with them, entered the ark,
Genesis 17:4
"As for Me, behold, My covenant is with you, And you will be the father of a multitude of nations.
Genesis 17:7
"I will establish My covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you throughout their generations as an everlasting covenant, to be God to you and to your descendants after you.
Genesis 17:21
"But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this season next year."
Isaiah 26:20
Come, my people, enter your rooms And close your doors behind you; Hide for a little while Until indignation runs its course.
Hebrews 11:7
By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it,.... And they only, for none but they might eat in the holy place, and therefore these holy things that were to be eaten there, were only eaten by them; what might be eaten by the priests in their own houses, their wives and daughters ate of, but in the holy place only their males, and a male was one that was thirteen years of age:

[it shall be] a statute for ever in your generations, concerning the offerings of the Lord made by fire; a statute to last till the Messiah should come, the true meat or bread offering; and the bread he gave was his flesh, and he that eats of it shall not die, but live for ever, John 6:27:

everyone that toucheth them shall be holy; signifying, that no one ought to touch them but a holy person, one devoted to holy services, the priests and their sons; or "whatsoever" o toucheth them, the dishes they eat those offerings out of, or the knives they cut them with, were not to be used for anything else.

o כל אשר "quicquid", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Leviticus 2:1-10; Exodus 29:40-41.

Leviticus 6:16

With unleavened bread shall it be eaten - This should be, it (the remainder) shall be eaten unleavened.


 
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