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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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God gives Moses instructions regarding the distribution of sacrificial portions, following the rule for the burnt offering hide and preceding the allocation of dry grain offerings.
The words — The text highlights מִנְחָה (minḥâ), meaning "grain offering," and תֵּאָפֶה (tēʾâp̄eh), meaning "it will be baked." These terms identify the specific preparation methods that trigger the allocation rule.
The thread — This allocation principle appears in Leviticus 2:3 and Leviticus 2:10, which designate the remainder of grain offerings to Aaron and his sons. Numbers 18:9 further extends the principle by reserving portions of the most holy fire offerings for the priests.
Why it lands — The text establishes that prepared grain offerings belong to the presenting priest, while dry or mixed offerings are shared among all Aaron's sons. This distinction requires careful adherence to ritual categories when managing sacred resources.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And all the meat offering that is baken in the oven, and all that is dressed in the fryingpan, and in the pan, shall be the priest’s that offereth it.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Galatians 6:6 Nevertheless, the one who receives instruction in the word must share in all good things with his instructor.
- Leviticus 5:13 In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.”
- 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.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7 Who serves as a soldier at his own expense? Who plants a vineyard and does not eat of its fruit? Who tends a flock and does not drink of its milk?
- 1 Corinthians 9:13 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?