And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: it is a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.
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Gill's Exposition
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt,.... Wherefore the priest that offered this for the high priest got nothing by it: he served him gratis:
it shall not be eaten; neither…
Barnes' Notes
It shall be wholly burnt - literally, “it shall ascend in fire as a whole burnt-offering.”
The meat-offering was either that which was offered by the people or that by the priests at their consecration. Now,
I. As to the common meat-offering,
1. Only a handful of it was to be burnt upon the…
Cambridge Bible
the anointed priest that shall be in his stead The successors of Aaron in the high priestly office are to be anointed. In the ceremonial of Lev 8:12 f. (Exo 29:7 f.) Aaron only is anointed; -the high…
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