Leviticus 7:6

6 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

Leviticus 7:6 in Other Translations

6 Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.

6 Every male among the priests may eat of it. It shall be eaten in a holy place. It is most holy.

6 Any male from a priest’s family may eat the meat. It must be eaten in a sacred place, for it is most holy.

6 Any male from among the priests' families may eat it. But it must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.

6 Any male among the priests may eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place; it is especially holy.

Leviticus 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 7:6

Every male among the priests shall eat thereof
Of the flesh of it, after the fat was taken off and burnt, the rest belonged to the priests and their sons, and to them only, not to their wives and daughters:

it shall be eaten in the holy place;
in the court of the tabernacle, in some apartment in it, for that purpose, as afterwards in the temple; it was not to be carried home to their houses, for all in the family to partake of, only the priests and their sons were to eat of it:

it [is] most holy;
and therefore none but such who were devoted to holy services might eat of it; only sanctified persons, true believers, who are made priests unto God, have a right to eat of the altar Christ, or, can eat his flesh in a spiritual sense, and feed upon him by faith, and receive nourishment from him, ( Hebrews 13:10 ) .

Leviticus 7:6 In-Context

4 both kidneys with the fat on them near the loins, and the long lobe of the liver, which is to be removed with the kidneys.

5 The priest shall burn them on the altar as a food offering presented to the LORD. It is a guilt offering.

6 Any male in a priest’s family may eat it, but it must be eaten in the sanctuary area; it is most holy.

7 “ ‘The same law applies to both the sin offering and the guilt offering: They belong to the priest who makes atonement with them.

8 The priest who offers a burnt offering for anyone may keep its hide for himself.

Cross References

• 1. S Leviticus 6:18; Numbers 18:9-10
• 2. Ezekiel 42:13; Leviticus 2:3