John Gill Commentary Leviticus 6:23

"And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten." — Leviticus 6:23 (ASV)

For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly
burnt
Wherefore the priest that offered this for the high priest got nothing by it: he served him gratis:

it shall not be eaten ;
neither by himself, nor any other priest. The priests by eating the offerings of the people bore their iniquities, and made atonement for them, (Leviticus 10:17) but the priests might not eat their own sacrifices, to show that they could not bear their own sins, and make atonement for them; and this proves the insufficiency of the legal sacrifices, and the need there was for one to arise of another order to take away sin; and it is thought by some to be typical of the active obedience of Christ ^F23 , every day yielded to the law and will of God, and is perfect, as the word here signifies, and to be distinguished from (hlwe) , "a burnt offering".

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FOOTNOTES:

• F23: Vid. Michaelis Observ. Sacr. Exercitat. 6. p. 57. & Mede in ib. p. 58.