Leviticus 6:23 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

“For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.”

Leviticus 6:23

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In a pan it shall be made with oil; {and when it is} baken, thou shalt bring it in: {and} the baken pieces of the meat offering shalt thou offer {for} a sweet savour unto the LORD.

And the priest of his sons that is anointed in his stead shall offer it: {it is} a statute for ever unto the LORD; it shall be wholly burnt.

For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This {is} the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it {is} most holy.

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Leviticus 6:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Leviticus 6:2

"If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour; {in fellowship: or, in dealing} {fellowship: Heb. putting of the hand}"

Leviticus 6:3

"Or have found that which was lost, and lieth concerning it, and sweareth falsely; in any of all these that a man doeth, sinning therein:"

Leviticus 6:4

"Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,"

Leviticus 6:5

"Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, {and} give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering. {in the day...: or, in the day of his being found guilty: Heb. in the day of his trespass}"

Leviticus 6:6

"And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD, a ram without blemish out of the flock, with thy estimation, for a trespass offering, unto the priest:"

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