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Leviticus 10:12
And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Aaron and his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, immediately following the death of Nadab and Abihu. He gives them direct instructions on handling the remaining grain offerings.
The words — The verb וַ/יְדַבֵּ֨ר (va/y.da.Ber) literally means "and he spoke," marking Moses' authoritative command to the priests. The name אַהֲרֹ֗ן ('a.ha.Ron) identifies the primary recipient of this priestly instruction.
The thread — The requirement to eat the most holy offerings without leaven appears in Exodus 29:2 regarding consecration bread. The same category of reserved food is later reaffirmed as a priestly portion in Numbers 18:9 and Leviticus 21:22.
Why it lands — The text commands the priests to consume the remaining grain offerings unleavened and adjacent to the altar, designating it as most holy. It requires strict adherence to ritual purity and the recognition that priestly sustenance derives directly from divine command.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:
Cross-references
- Leviticus 21:22 He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
- Numbers 18:9 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.
- Exodus 29:2 along with unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. Make them out of fine wheat flour,
- Leviticus 2:1 “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,
- Leviticus 6:14 Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Leviticus 7:9 Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
- Ezekiel 44:29 They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them.