Leviticus 6:17

15 The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

16 Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.

It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My offerings made by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.

18 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 will become holy.”

19 Then the LORD said to Moses,

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their portion of My offerings made by fire. It is most holy, like the sin offering and the guilt offering.
KJV
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.
WEB
It shall not be baked with yeast. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire. It is most holy, as are the sin offering and the trespass offering.
ASV
It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.
DARBY
It shall not be baken with leaven. As their portion have I given it [unto them] of my offerings by fire: it is most holy; as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.
BLB
It shall not be baked [with] leaven; their portion I have given it from My fire offerings. It [is] holy of holies, like the sin offering and like the guilt offering.
ÅB
Det skal ikke bakes med surdeig; jeg har gitt dem det som deres del av mine ildoffer, det er høyhellig slik som syndofferet og skyldofferet.
OTB
Det må tilberedes uten gjær. Jeg har gitt det som deres del av matofrene som blir presentert for meg. Som syndofferet og skyldofferet er det høyhellig.
B1930
Det skal ikke bakes med surdeig; jeg har gitt dem det som deres del av mine ildoffer, det er høihellig likesom syndofferet og skyldofferet.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Leviticus 2:11

    No grain offering that you present to the LORD may be made with leaven, for you are not to burn any leaven or honey as an offering made by fire to the LORD.

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  • Leviticus 6:25

    “Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy.

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  • Numbers 18:9–10

    A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.

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  • Leviticus 2:3

    The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.

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  • Exodus 29:33–34

    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.

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  • Leviticus 6:29

    Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.

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  • Leviticus 7:1

    “Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:

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  • 1 Peter 2:22

    “He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth.”

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