Bible Strands
Leviticus 2:3
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses regarding the grain offering ritual, specifying the disposition of the unburned portion immediately after the priest burns the memorial portion on the altar.
The words — הַנּוֹתֶרֶת (ha.no.te.ret) = the remainder; קֹדֶשׁ קָדָשִׁים (ko.desh ka.da.shim) = a most holy thing.
The thread — The allocation of the grain offering remainder to the priesthood appears in Leviticus 10:12 and Leviticus 6:16, while Leviticus 21:22 addresses a priest with a physical defect eating holy food.
Why it lands — The text assigns the unburned portion of the grain offering to Aaron and his sons as a consecrated provision, establishing their sustenance and the sacred boundary of the offering.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.
Cross-references
- 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.
- Leviticus 6:16 Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- 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.
- 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,
- 1 Samuel 2:28 And out of all the tribes of Israel I selected your father to be My priest, to offer sacrifices on My altar, to burn incense, and to wear an ephod in My presence. I also gave to the house of your father all the food offerings of the Israelites.
- Exodus 29:37 For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it. Then the altar will become most holy; whatever touches the altar will be holy.
- Leviticus 2:10 But 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.
- Leviticus 6:26 The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.