Levítico 6:26

26 El sacerdote que la ofreciere por el pecado, la comerá; en el lugar santo será comida, en el atrio del tabernáculo del testimonio

Levítico 6:26 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 6:26

The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it
Thereby signifying that he bore the sin of the person that brought the offering, and made atonement for it; as a type of Christ, who bore the sins of his people in his own body on the tree, and made satisfaction for them; see ( Leviticus 10:17 ) ( Hosea 4:8 ) . This is to be understood not of that single individual priest only that was the offerer, but of him and his family; for, as Ben Gersom observes, it was impossible for one man to eat all the flesh of a beast at one meal or two; but it means, as he says, the family of the priest that then officiated, the male part;

in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle
of the congregation;
within the hangings, as Ben Gersom's note is, with which the court of the tabernacle was hung and made; in some room in that part of the sanctuary did the priest, with his sons, eat of the holy offerings that were appropriated to them; an emblem of spiritual priests, believers in Christ, feeding in the church upon the provisions of his house, the goodness and fatness of it.

Levítico 6:26 In-Context

24 Y habló el SEÑOR a Moisés, diciendo

25 Habla a Aarón y a sus hijos, diciendo: Esta será la ley del pecado; en el lugar donde se degüella el holocausto, será degollada la expiación como el pecado delante del SEÑOR; porque es cosa santísima

26 El sacerdote que la ofreciere por el pecado, la comerá; en el lugar santo será comida, en el atrio del tabernáculo del testimonio

27 Todo lo que en su carne tocare, será santificado; y si cayere de su sangre sobre el vestido, lavarás aquello sobre lo que cayere, en el lugar santo

28 Y el vaso de barro en que fuere cocida, será quebrado; y si fuere cocida en vaso de bronce, será fregado y lavado con agua