Leviticus 6:18

18 Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the LORD. Whatever touches them will become holy.^[a] ’ ”

Leviticus 6:18 in Other Translations

18 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.

18 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."

18 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.”

18 Any male descendant among Aaron's sons may eat it. This is a fixed rule regarding God's gifts, stretching down the generations. Anyone who touches these offerings must be holy."

18 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."

Leviticus 6:18 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 6:18

All the males among the children of Aaron shall eat of it,
&c.] 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 John 6:51 ) :

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" ^F15 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (rva lk) "quicquid", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius.

Leviticus 6:18 In-Context

16 Aaron and his sons shall eat the rest of it, but it is to be eaten without yeast in the sanctuary area; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.

17 It must not be baked with yeast; I have given it as their share of the food offerings presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.

18 Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the LORD. Whatever touches them will become holy. ’ ”

19 The LORD also said to Moses,

20 “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

Cross References

• 1. ver 29; Leviticus 2:3; Leviticus 7:6; Numbers 18:9-10
• 2. Numbers 5:9
• 3. S Genesis 9:12
• 4. S Exodus 30:29; ver 27

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "Whoever touches them must be holy" ; similarly in verse 27