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Leviticus 6:26

Leviticus 6:26
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy,.... None but holy persons, such as were devoted to holy services, even the priests and their sons, might touch and eat of the flesh of the sin…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

The priest - shall eat it - From the expostulation of Moses with Aaron, Lev 10:17, we learn that the priest, by eating the sin-offering of the people, was considered as bearing their sin, and…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Leviticus 6:24-30

We have here so much of the law of the sin-offering as did peculiarly concern the priests that offered it. As, 1. That it must be killed in the place where the burnt-offering was killed (Lev 6:25),…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

What remains after the sacrifice has been offered (except in the cases specified in Lev 6:6 and Lev 4:3-21) is -most holy" to be eaten in the same place and manner as the Meal-Offering (Lev…