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In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. In a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it as a sin offering will eat it. It is to be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it as a sin offering is to eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The priest who offers this sacrifice must eat it in the sacred courtyard of the sacred tent, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The priest who makes the offering for sin will eat it in a holy place, in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The priest who sacrifices the animal shall eat it in a holy place, the courtyard of the Tent of the LORD's presence. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest who offers it as a sin offering is to eat it at a sacred place in the court of the Tent of Meeting. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin is to eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Meeting Tent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest who is making atonement with it eats it; it is eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Tent of Meeting;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'The priest who is making atonement with it doth eat it, in the holy place it is eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br /><RF q=*><font color=#808080><i>The original Julia E. Smith Bible records the following as a verse reference for </i></font><i><font color=#0000FF> <a href=#>Lev 6:19</a></i></font><Rf>The priest offering it for sin, shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the enclosure of the tent of appointment.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The priest that offereth it, shall eat it in a holy place, in the court of the tabernacle. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The priest who offers it shall eat it in the holy place, in the atrium of the tabernacle.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers the purification offering shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in a sacred place, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The priest who offers it as a sin offering shall eat of it; it shall be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it; in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Priest who sacrifices it shall eat it in the holy place; it shall be eaten in the court of the Time Tabernacle.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it; in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The priest that offers it shall eat it: in a holy place it shall be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of witness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/6-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=1264" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/6.htm">The Sin Offering</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>“Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered, the sin offering shall be slaughtered before the LORD; it is most holy. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: hak·kō·hên (Art:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">The priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/2398.htm" title="2398: ham·ḥaṭ·ṭê (Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to miss; hence to sin; by inference, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn.">who offers</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">it</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵă·len·nāh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 3fse) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">shall eat it;</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: tê·’ā·ḵêl (V-Nifal-Imperf-3fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">it must be eaten</a> <a href="/hebrew/6918.htm" title="6918: qā·ḏōš (Adj-ms) -- Sacred, holy. Or qadosh; from qadash; sacred; God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary.">in a holy</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bə·mā·qō·wm (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">place,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2691.htm" title="2691: ba·ḥă·ṣar (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- A yard, a hamlet.">in the courtyard</a> <a href="/hebrew/168.htm" title="168: ’ō·hel (N-msc) -- A tent. From 'ahal; a tent.">of the Tent</a> <a href="/hebrew/4150.htm" title="4150: mō·w·‘êḏ (N-ms) -- Appointed time, place, or meeting. ">of Meeting.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>Anything that touches its flesh will become holy, and if any of the blood is spattered on a garment, you must wash it in a holy place.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10-13</a></span><br />We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. / Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. / And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13</a></span><br />Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-9.htm">Numbers 18:9-10</a></span><br />A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons. / You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-31.htm">Exodus 29:31-33</a></span><br />You are to take the ram of ordination and boil its flesh in a holy place. / At the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, Aaron and his sons are to eat the meat of the ram and the bread that is in the basket. / They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm">Leviticus 10:17-18</a></span><br />“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD. / Since its blood was not brought inside the holy place, you should have eaten it in the sanctuary area, as I commanded.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-6.htm">Leviticus 7:6-7</a></span><br />Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. / The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement with it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-5.htm">Leviticus 4:5-7</a></span><br />Then the anointed priest shall take some of the bull’s blood and bring it into the Tent of Meeting. / The priest is to dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle some of it seven times before the LORD, in front of the veil of the sanctuary. / The priest must then put some of the blood on the horns of the altar of fragrant incense that is before the LORD in the Tent of Meeting. And he is to pour out the rest of the bull’s blood at the base of the altar of burnt offering at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-11.htm">Leviticus 4:11-12</a></span><br />But the hide of the bull and all its flesh, with its head and legs and its entrails and dung— / all the rest of the bull—he must take outside the camp to a ceremonially clean place where the ashes are poured out, and there he must burn it on a wood fire on the ash heap.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/16-27.htm">Leviticus 16:27</a></span><br />The bull for the sin offering and the goat for the sin offering, whose blood was brought into the Most Holy Place to make atonement, must be taken outside the camp; and their hides, flesh, and dung must be burned up.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-1.htm">Numbers 18:1</a></span><br />So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-29.htm">Ezekiel 44:29</a></span><br />They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-4.htm">Matthew 12:4</a></span><br />He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/21-4.htm">1 Samuel 21:4-6</a></span><br />“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.” / David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the bodies of the young men are holy even on common missions. How much more so today!” / So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-5.htm">1 Peter 2:5</a></span><br />you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/15-16.htm">Romans 15:16</a></span><br />to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The priest that offers it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.</p><p class="hdg">priest</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm">Leviticus 10:17,18</a></b></br> Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it <i>is</i> most holy, and <i>God</i> hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/18-9.htm">Numbers 18:9,10</a></b></br> This shall be thine of the most holy things, <i>reserved</i> from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, <i>shall be</i> most holy for thee and for thy sons… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/44-28.htm">Ezekiel 44:28,29</a></b></br> And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I <i>am</i> their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I <i>am</i> their possession… </p><p class="hdg">in the holy</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Leviticus 6:16</a></b></br> And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.</p><p class="hdg">in the court</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">Exodus 27:9-18</a></b></br> And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward <i>there shall be</i> hangings for the court <i>of</i> fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/38-9.htm">Exodus 38:9-19</a></b></br> And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court <i>were of</i> fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/40-33.htm">Exodus 40:33</a></b></br> And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/6-7.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Court</a> <a href="/exodus/40-8.htm">Courtyard</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-18.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-23.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-23.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-25.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/exodus/38-27.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-23.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Offereth</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-14.htm">Offers</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Open</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-23.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-25.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Space</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Atonement</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Congregation</a> <a href="/numbers/3-26.htm">Court</a> <a href="/numbers/3-26.htm">Courtyard</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-29.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-29.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-27.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-37.htm">Making</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Meeting</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-3.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-8.htm">Offereth</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-8.htm">Offers</a> <a href="/leviticus/11-3.htm">Open</a> <a href="/leviticus/7-2.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Sin</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-8.htm">Space</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Tabernacle</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-30.htm">Tent</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/6-1.htm">The trespass offering for sins done wittingly</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/6-8.htm">The law of the burnt offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/6-14.htm">and of the meat offering</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/6-19.htm">The offering at the consecration of a priest</a></span><br><span class="reftext">24. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/6-24.htm">The law of the sin offering</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>The priest who offers it shall eat it;</b><br>In the Levitical system, priests played a crucial role in mediating between God and the people. The consumption of the offering by the priest signifies the acceptance of the sacrifice and the sharing in the holiness of the offering. This practice underscores the priest's role in bearing the iniquity of the congregation and highlights the communal aspect of the sacrificial system. The act of eating the offering also symbolizes the sustenance provided by God through the sacrificial system, pointing to the spiritual nourishment found in Christ, who is both the ultimate priest and sacrifice (<a href="/hebrews/9-11.htm">Hebrews 9:11-14</a>).<p><b>it must be eaten in a holy place,</b><br>The requirement for the offering to be consumed in a holy place emphasizes the sanctity of the sacrificial act. The holy place is set apart for divine purposes, reinforcing the idea that what is holy must remain within the realm of the sacred. This separation from the common or profane is a recurring theme in Leviticus, illustrating the need for purity and reverence in worship. The holy place foreshadows the holiness required of believers, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/1-15.htm">1 Peter 1:15-16</a>, where Christians are called to be holy in all conduct.<p><b>in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.</b><br>The Tent of Meeting, also known as the Tabernacle, was the central place of worship for the Israelites during their wilderness journey. The courtyard was the designated area for the congregation to gather and for the priests to perform their duties. This setting highlights the accessibility of God to His people while maintaining a clear boundary between the holy and the common. The Tent of Meeting serves as a precursor to the Temple in Jerusalem and ultimately points to Jesus Christ, who "tabernacled" among us (<a href="/john/1-14.htm">John 1:14</a>), providing direct access to God through His sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>The individual from the tribe of Levi who performs the sacrificial duties. In this context, the priest is responsible for offering the sin offering and consuming a portion of it as part of the ritual.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/holy_place.htm">Holy Place</a></b><br>Refers to the designated area within the Tabernacle or Temple where sacred activities occur. It signifies a space set apart for divine purposes.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/c/courtyard_of_the_tent_of_meeting.htm">Courtyard of the Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>The outer area surrounding the Tabernacle where the Israelites gathered for worship and where sacrifices were made. It is a place of communal and divine interaction.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/sin_offering.htm">Sin Offering</a></b><br>A specific type of sacrifice in the Levitical system intended to atone for unintentional sins and restore the relationship between the Israelites and God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tent_of_meeting.htm">Tent of Meeting</a></b><br>The portable sanctuary used by the Israelites during their journey in the wilderness, where God met with Moses and the priests.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_in_service.htm">Holiness in Service</a></b><br>The priest's consumption of the offering in a holy place underscores the need for purity and reverence in serving God. As believers, we are called to approach our service with the same attitude of holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/communal_worship.htm">Communal Worship</a></b><br>The courtyard of the Tent of Meeting as a place of gathering highlights the importance of community in worship. Christians are encouraged to engage in communal worship and fellowship.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_sacrifice.htm">Symbolism of the Sacrifice</a></b><br>The sin offering points to the necessity of atonement and foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Christ. Understanding this helps believers appreciate the depth of Christ's work on the cross.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/role_of_the_priesthood.htm">Role of the Priesthood</a></b><br>The priest's role in the sacrificial system is a precursor to the priesthood of all believers. We are called to intercede, serve, and live lives that reflect God's holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_spaces.htm">Sacred Spaces</a></b><br>The concept of a holy place reminds us of the importance of setting apart time and space for God in our lives, whether in personal devotion or corporate worship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_harsh_punishment_for_unclear_offense.htm">Why would a compassionate God impose such a harsh punishment for an unclear ritual offense (Lev 10)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_heb._13_10_contradict_ot_sacrifice_laws.htm">Does Hebrews 13:10's mention of an altar contradict Old Testament laws allowing priests to eat sacrifices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_leviticus_ash_rituals_match_ancient_norms.htm">(Leviticus 6:10-11) Why would such specific rituals for removing and disposing of ashes be necessary, and do these instructions align with or contradict known ancient practices?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_mercy_and_judgment.htm">How do we resolve the apparent contradiction between God's mercy in other passages and His severe judgment here (Lev 10)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">The priest that offereth it for sin.</span>--Rather, <span class= "ital">the priest that offereth it for expiation</span>, or, <span class= "ital">the priest that expiateth sin by it. </span>That is, who makes atonement by the blood thereof. (See <a href="/leviticus/9-15.htm" title="And he brought the people's offering, and took the goat, which was the sin offering for the people, and slew it, and offered it for sin, as the first.">Leviticus 9:15</a>.)<p><span class= "bld">Shall eat it.</span>--God gave the sin offering as food for the priests to bear the iniquity of the congregation, and to make atonement for them (<a href="/leviticus/10-17.htm" title="Why have you not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God has given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?">Leviticus 10:17</a>). It constituted a part of their livelihood (<a href="/context/ezekiel/44-28.htm" title="And it shall be to them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and you shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.">Ezekiel 44:28-29</a>). The officiating priest to whom fell this perquisite could invite not only his family but other priests and their sons to partake of it. Covetous priests abused this gift (<a href="/hosea/4-8.htm" title="They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.">Hosea 4:8</a>).<p><span class= "bld">In the holy place shall it be eaten.</span>--That is, within the forecourt of the sanctuary. Eight of the offerings had to be eaten in the precincts of the sanctuary: (1) the flesh of the sin offering (<a href="/leviticus/4-26.htm" title="And he shall burn all his fat on the altar, as the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings: and the priest shall make an atonement for him as concerning his sin, and it shall be forgiven him.">Leviticus 4:26</a>); (2); the flesh of the trespass offering (<a href="/leviticus/7-6.htm" title="Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it shall be eaten in the holy place: it is most holy.">Leviticus 7:6</a>); (3) the peace offering of the congregation (<a href="/context/leviticus/23-19.htm" title="Then you shall sacrifice one kid of the goats for a sin offering, and two lambs of the first year for a sacrifice of peace offerings.">Leviticus 23:19-20</a>); (4), the remainder of the omer (<a href="/context/leviticus/23-10.htm" title="Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, When you be come into the land which I give to you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then you shall bring a sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest:">Leviticus 23:10-11</a>); (5), of the meat offering of the Israelites (Leviticus 2, 3-10); (6), the two loaves (Leviticus 23, 20); (7), the shew-bread (<a href="/leviticus/24-9.htm" title="And it shall be Aaron's and his sons'; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.">Leviticus 24:9</a>); and (8), the leper's log of oil (<a href="/context/leviticus/14-10.htm" title="And on the eighth day he shall take two he lambs without blemish, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, and three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and one log of oil.">Leviticus 14:10-13</a>). . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/6-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">The priest</span><br /><span class="heb">הַכֹּהֵ֛ן</span> <span class="translit">(hak·kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">who offers</span><br /><span class="heb">הַֽמְחַטֵּ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(ham·ḥaṭ·ṭê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2398.htm">Strong's 2398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To miss, to sin, to forfeit, lack, expiate, repent, lead astray, condemn</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall eat it;</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכֲלֶ֑נָּה</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵă·len·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it must be eaten</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּֽאָכֵ֔ל</span> <span class="translit">(tê·’ā·ḵêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in a holy</span><br /><span class="heb">קָדֹשׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(qā·ḏōš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6918.htm">Strong's 6918: </a> </span><span class="str2">Sacred, God, an angel, a saint, a sanctuary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">place,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמָק֤וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mā·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the courtyard</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֲצַ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥă·ṣar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2691.htm">Strong's 2691: </a> </span><span class="str2">A yard, a hamlet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the Tent</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹ֥הֶל</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·hel)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_168.htm">Strong's 168: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Meeting.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹעֵֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·w·‘êḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4150.htm">Strong's 4150: </a> </span><span class="str2">Appointed time, place, or meeting</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/6-26.htm">Leviticus 6:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/6-26.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 6:26 The priest who offers it for sin (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/6-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 6:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 6:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/6-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 6:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 6:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>