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22 However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings.

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22 He may eat the most holy food of his God,(A) as well as the holy food;

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The rest of the grain offering will then be given to Aaron and his sons. This offering will be considered a most holy part of the special gifts presented to the Lord.

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The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons;(A) it is a most holy(B) part of the food offerings presented to the Lord.

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13 Don’t you realize that those who work in the temple get their meals from the offerings brought to the temple? And those who serve at the altar get a share of the sacrificial offerings.

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13 Don’t you know that those who serve in the temple get their food from the temple, and that those who serve at the altar share in what is offered on the altar?(A)

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19 Yes, I am giving you all these holy offerings that the people of Israel bring to the Lord. They are for you and your sons and daughters, to be eaten as your permanent share. This is an eternal and unbreakable covenant[a] between the Lord and you, and it also applies to your descendants.”

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Footnotes

  1. 18:19 Hebrew a covenant of salt.

19 Whatever is set aside from the holy(A) offerings the Israelites present to the Lord I give to you and your sons and daughters as your perpetual share. It is an everlasting covenant of salt(B) before the Lord for both you and your offspring.”

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You are allotted the portion of the most holy offerings that is not burned on the fire. This portion of all the most holy offerings—including the grain offerings, sin offerings, and guilt offerings—will be most holy, and it belongs to you and your sons. 10 You must eat it as a most holy offering. All the males may eat of it, and you must treat it as most holy.

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You are to have the part of the most holy offerings(A) that is kept from the fire. From all the gifts they bring me as most holy offerings, whether grain(B) or sin[a](C) or guilt offerings,(D) that part belongs to you and your sons. 10 Eat it as something most holy; every male shall eat it.(E) You must regard it as holy.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:9 Or purification

Every Sabbath day this bread must be laid out before the Lord as a gift from the Israelites; it is an ongoing expression of the eternal covenant. The loaves of bread will belong to Aaron and his descendants, who must eat them in a sacred place, for they are most holy. It is the permanent right of the priests to claim this portion of the special gifts presented to the Lord.”

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This bread is to be set out before the Lord regularly,(A) Sabbath after Sabbath,(B) on behalf of the Israelites, as a lasting covenant. It belongs to Aaron and his sons,(C) who are to eat it in the sanctuary area,(D) because it is a most holy(E) part of their perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the Lord.”

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10 “No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings. Even guests and hired workers in a priest’s home are not allowed to eat them. 11 However, if the priest buys a slave for himself, the slave may eat from the sacred offerings. And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food. 12 If a priest’s daughter marries someone outside the priestly family, she may no longer eat the sacred offerings. 13 But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father’s home as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings.

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10 “‘No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it.(A) 11 But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.(B) 12 If a priest’s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions. 13 But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father’s household as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat it.

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Further Instructions for the Guilt Offering

“These are the instructions for the guilt offering. It is most holy.

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The Guilt Offering

“‘These are the regulations for the guilt offering,(A) which is most holy:

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16 Aaron and his sons may eat the rest of the flour, but it must be baked without yeast and eaten in a sacred place within the courtyard of the Tabernacle.[a] 17 Remember, it must never be prepared with yeast. I have given it to the priests as their share of the special gifts presented to me. Like the sin offering and the guilt offering, it is most holy.

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Footnotes

  1. 6:16 Hebrew Tent of Meeting; also in 6:26, 30.

16 Aaron and his sons(A) shall eat the rest(B) of it, but it is to be eaten without yeast(C) in the sanctuary area;(D) they are to eat it in the courtyard(E) of the tent of meeting.(F) 17 It must not be baked with yeast; I have given it as their share(G) of the food offerings presented to me.(H) Like the sin offering[a] and the guilt offering, it is most holy.(I)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 6:17 Or purification offering; also in verses 25 and 30

10 The rest of the grain offering will then be given to Aaron and his sons as their food. This offering will be considered a most holy part of the special gifts presented to the Lord.

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10 The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons;(A) it is a most holy part of the food offerings presented to the Lord.(B)

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

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

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