Leviticus 6:29

29 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it; it is most holy.

Leviticus 6:29 in Other Translations

29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

29 Every male among the priests may eat of it; it is most holy.

29 Any male from a priest’s family may eat from this offering; it is most holy.

29 Any male among the priestly families may eat it; it is most holy.

29 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

29 Any male among the priests may eat the offering for sin. It is very holy.

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

29 " 'Any male in a priest's family can eat the meat. It is very holy.

Leviticus 6:29 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 6:29

And all the males among the priests shall eat thereof,
&c.] As of the meat offerings, ( Leviticus 6:18 ) and this shows that not the single priest that offered only ate of it, ( Leviticus 6:26 ) but his male children, and not those only, but those of other priests then upon duty, or in the court:

it [is] most holy; (See Gill on Leviticus 6:25).

Leviticus 6:29 In-Context

27 Whatever touches any of the flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in the sanctuary area.

28 The clay pot the meat is cooked in must be broken; but if it is cooked in a bronze pot, the pot is to be scoured and rinsed with water.

29 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it; it is most holy.

30 But any sin offering whose blood is brought into the tent of meeting to make atonement in the Holy Place must not be eaten; it must be burned up.

Cross References

• 1. S ver 18
• 2. S ver 17; Ezekiel 42:13