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Aaron’s sons must present this offering to the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“And this is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And this <i>is</i> the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘This <i>is</i> the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall bring it near before Yahweh in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Now this is the law of the grain offering: the sons of Aaron shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons will present it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron&#8217s sons will present it before the LORD in front of the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And this is the law of the meal-offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Jehovah, before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When someone offers a sacrifice to give thanks to me, the priests from Aaron's family must bring it to the front of the bronze altar, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And this is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"These are the instructions for the grain offering. Aaron's sons must bring it into the LORD's presence in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The following are the regulations for grain offerings. An Aaronite priest shall present the grain offering to the LORD in front of the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is the law concerning grain offerings: Aaron's sons are to offer them in the LORD's presence, in front of the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron?s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"'This is the law of the grain offering. The sons of Aaron are to present it before the LORD in front of the altar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"'This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And this is the law of the meat-offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“‘This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before Yahweh, before the altar. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And this [is] a law of the present: sons of Aaron have brought it near before YHWH to the front of the altar,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And this is a law of the present: sons of Aaron have brought it near before Jehovah unto the front of the altar,<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 6:7</a></i></font><Rf>And this the law of the gift: the sons of Aaron bringing it before Jehovah, before the altar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the sacrifice and libations, which the children of Aaron shall offer before the Lord, and before the altar. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />This is the law of the sacrifice and the libations, which the sons of Aaron shall offer in the sight of the Lord, and before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />This is the ritual of the grain offering. Aaron’s sons shall offer it before the LORD, in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />This is the ritual of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, in front of the altar.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />This is the law of the meal offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And this is the Law of the meal offering: the sons of Ahron shall offer it before LORD JEHOVAH before the altar.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And this is the law of the meal-offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, in front of the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />This is the law of the sacrifice, which the sons of Aaron shall bring near before the Lord, before the altar.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/6-14.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=1149" 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 Grain Offering</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">14</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: wə·zōṯ (Conj-w:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">Now this</a> <a href="/hebrew/8451.htm" title="8451: tō·w·raṯ (N-fsc) -- Direction, instruction, law. Or torah; from yarah; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.">is the law</a> <a href="/hebrew/4503.htm" title="4503: ham·min·ḥāh (Art:: N-fs) -- From an unused root meaning to apportion, i.e. Bestow; a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering.">of the grain offering:</a> <a href="/hebrew/175.htm" title="175: ’a·hă·rōn (N-proper-ms) -- An elder brother of Moses. Of uncertain derivation; Aharon, the brother of Moses.">Aaron’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">sons</a> <a href="/hebrew/7126.htm" title="7126: haq·rêḇ (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- To come near, approach. A primitive root; to approach for whatever purpose.">shall present</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/6440.htm" title="6440: lip̄·nê (Prep-l:: N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pə·nê (N-cpc) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">front</a> <a href="/hebrew/4196.htm" title="4196: ham·miz·bê·aḥ (Art:: N-ms) -- An altar. From zabach; an altar.">of the altar.</a> </span><span class="reftext">15</span>The priest is to remove a handful of fine flour and olive oil, together with all the frankincense from the grain offering, and burn the memorial portion on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.…<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/13-15.htm">Hebrews 13:15</a></span><br />Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1-10</a></span><br />For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-27.htm">Hebrews 7:27</a></span><br />Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-23.htm">Matthew 5:23-24</a></span><br />So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, / leave your gift there before the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.<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="/hebrews/9-9.htm">Hebrews 9:9-14</a></span><br />It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper. / They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform. / But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a></span><br />and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/3-17.htm">Colossians 3:17</a></span><br />And whatever you do, in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-1.htm">Numbers 28:1-8</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to Me. / And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Exodus 29:38-42</a></span><br />This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. / With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Leviticus 2:1-16</a></span><br />“When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it, / and bring it to Aaron’s sons the priests. The priest shall take a handful of the flour and oil, together with all the frankincense, and burn this as a memorial portion on the altar, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. / The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/7-11.htm">Leviticus 7:11-15</a></span><br />Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD: / If he offers it in thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall offer unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. / Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/4-27.htm">Leviticus 4:27-35</a></span><br />And if one of the common people sins unintentionally and does what is prohibited by any of the LORD’s commandments, he incurs guilt. / When he becomes aware of the sin he has committed, he must bring an unblemished female goat as his offering for that sin. / He is to lay his hand on the head of the sin offering and slaughter it at the place of the burnt offering. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.</p><p class="hdg">the meat offering</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/2-1.htm">Leviticus 2:1,2</a></b></br> And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be <i>of</i> fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/15-4.htm">Numbers 15:4,6,9</a></b></br> Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth <i>part</i> of an hin of oil… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/john/6-32.htm">John 6:32</a></b></br> Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/6-9.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-13.htm">Aaron's</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-13.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-8.htm">Front</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-9.htm">Law</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-13.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-12.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/3-16.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-12.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/5-8.htm">Present</a> <a href="/exodus/12-43.htm">Regulations</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/6-16.htm">Aaron</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-22.htm">Aaron's</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm">Altar</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-20.htm">Cereal</a> <a href="/leviticus/8-9.htm">Front</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-20.htm">Grain</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-25.htm">Law</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm">Meal</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-20.htm">Meal-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm">Meat-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-20.htm">Oblation</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm">Offer</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-22.htm">Offered</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-20.htm">Present</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-25.htm">Regulations</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'; 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It represents the dedication of the fruits of human labor to God, acknowledging His provision. This offering is distinct from animal sacrifices, emphasizing the importance of both material and spiritual devotion. The grain offering often accompanied burnt offerings, symbolizing the worshiper's gratitude and commitment to God. It is a reminder of the Israelites' dependence on God for sustenance and their responsibility to honor Him with the firstfruits of their labor.<p><b>Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD:</b><br>Aaron's sons, the priests, were responsible for presenting the offerings to God, acting as mediators between the people and the divine. This priestly role underscores the importance of order and sanctity in worship. The phrase "before the LORD" indicates the offering's purpose: to honor and glorify God. It highlights the need for reverence and purity in approaching God, as the priests were required to be ceremonially clean. This foreshadows the ultimate High Priest, Jesus Christ, who presents believers' offerings to God through His perfect mediation.<p><b>in front of the altar:</b><br>The altar, located in the Tabernacle's courtyard, was the central place for sacrifices and offerings. Its position "in front of the altar" signifies the offering's direct presentation to God, emphasizing the immediacy and sincerity of worship. The altar represents God's presence and the place where atonement and reconciliation occur. This setting prefigures the cross of Christ, where the ultimate sacrifice was made, reconciling humanity to God. The altar's role in the sacrificial system points to the necessity of a mediator and the shedding of blood for the forgiveness of sins, fulfilled in Jesus' sacrifice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who established the laws and rituals for His people.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/sons_of_aaron.htm">Sons of Aaron</a></b><br>The priests from the tribe of Levi, specifically the descendants of Aaron, who were responsible for performing the sacrifices and offerings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar.htm">The Altar</a></b><br>The sacred place in the Tabernacle (and later the Temple) where offerings were made to God.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/g/grain_offering.htm">Grain Offering</a></b><br>A type of offering made from fine flour, oil, and frankincense, symbolizing dedication and thanksgiving to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_tabernacle.htm">The Tabernacle</a></b><br>The portable sanctuary where the Israelites worshiped God during their journey in the wilderness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_the_role_of_priests.htm">Understanding the Role of Priests</a></b><br>The sons of Aaron were mediators between God and the people, highlighting the importance of intercession and holiness in leadership.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_grain_offering.htm">Symbolism of the Grain Offering</a></b><br>Represents dedication, thanksgiving, and reliance on God for provision. It teaches us to offer our best to God in gratitude.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_altar_as_a_place_of_meeting.htm">The Altar as a Place of Meeting</a></b><br>The altar signifies a place of encounter with God, reminding us of the importance of worship and sacrifice in our spiritual lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_our_ultimate_offering.htm">Christ as Our Ultimate Offering</a></b><br>The grain offering points to Jesus, who fulfilled the law and became the perfect sacrifice, inviting us to live in His grace.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/o/our_role_as_a_royal_priesthood.htm">Our Role as a Royal Priesthood</a></b><br>As believers, we are called to be priests, offering spiritual sacrifices and living lives that reflect God's holiness.<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/priests_vs._levites__role_differences.htm">How do priests and Levites differ in their roles?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/who_was_eleazar_in_the_bible.htm">Who was Eleazar in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_the_purpose_of_a_grain_offering.htm">What is the purpose of a grain offering?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_about_incest.htm">What does the Bible say about incest?</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>(14) <span class= "bld">And this is the law of the meat <span class= "ital">offering.</span></span><span class= "ital">--</span>In <a href="/context/leviticus/2-1.htm" title="And when any will offer a meat offering to the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil on it, and put frankincense thereon:">Leviticus 2:1-3</a>, where this meat offering is spoken of, the people are told of what the <span class= "ital">mincha </span>is to consist, and what portion of it was the perquisite of the officiating priest. In the section before us (<a href="/context/leviticus/6-14.htm" title="And this is the law of the meat offering: the sons of Aaron shall offer it before the LORD, before the altar.">Leviticus 6:14-18</a>) additional directions are given to the priests about the eating of the portions which belong to them and about the treatment of the residue.<p><span class= "bld">The sons of Aaron shall offer it.</span>--Though in the chapter before us it literally means Aaron's own sons, the phrase is intended to comprise his lineal descendants who succeeded to the priestly office. They, and they only, shall offer the sacrifices, but not a layman.<p><span class= "bld">Before the altar.</span>--Or, in or <span class= "ital">at the fore part of the altar. </span>That is, at the south-easterly corner of the altar. (See <a href="/leviticus/2-8.htm" title="And you shall bring the meat offering that is made of these things to the LORD: and when it is presented to the priest, he shall bring it to the altar.">Leviticus 2:8</a>.)<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/leviticus/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 14-18.</span> - The further ritual of the meat offering (see note on chapter Leviticus 2:1). The greater part of it is to be given to the priests, and they and the males of their families are to eat it without adding leaven to it. <span class="cmt_word">With unleavened bread shall it be eaten</span> (verse 16) should rather be rendered, <span class="accented">Unleavened shall it be eaten.</span> Not only is it most holy itself, but <span class="cmt_word">every one</span> (or rather <span class="accented">everything</span>) <span class="accented"><span class="cmt_word"></span>that toucheth</span> the offerings <span class="cmt_word">shall be holy</span>. The touch of the offering conveys the character of holiness to the thing touched, which must, therefore, itself be treated as holy. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/6-14.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">Now this</span><br /><span class="heb">וְזֹ֥את</span> <span class="translit">(wə·zōṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, </span><br /><br /><span class="word">is the law</span><br /><span class="heb">תּוֹרַ֖ת</span> <span class="translit">(tō·w·raṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8451.htm">Strong's 8451: </a> </span><span class="str2">Direction, instruction, law</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the grain offering:</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּנְחָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(ham·min·ḥāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4503.htm">Strong's 4503: </a> </span><span class="str2">A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Aaron’s</span><br /><span class="heb">אַהֲרֹן֙</span> <span class="translit">(’a·hă·rōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_175.htm">Strong's 175: </a> </span><span class="str2">Aaron -- an elder brother of Moses</span><br /><br /><span class="word">sons</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">shall present</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקְרֵ֨ב</span> <span class="translit">(haq·rêḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7126.htm">Strong's 7126: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come near, approach</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָ֤הּ</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">before</span><br /><span class="heb">לִפְנֵ֣י</span> <span class="translit">(lip̄·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">front</span><br /><span class="heb">פְּנֵ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(pə·nê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the altar.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ham·miz·bê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4196.htm">Strong's 4196: </a> </span><span class="str2">An altar</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/6-14.htm">Leviticus 6:14 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/6-14.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 6:14 This is the law of the meal (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/6-13.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 6:13"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 6:13" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/6-15.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 6:15"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 6:15" /></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>