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Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
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A Communal Priestly Meal
Commentators explain that the flesh of the sin offering was not reserved for the officiating priest alone. He could share it with any other male priests and their sons. This turned the ritual into a communal meal, emphasizing the shared identity and corporate nature of the priesthood in the work of atonement.
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Leviticus
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19th Century
Anglican
All the males among the priests. —Not only did the officiating priest, whose perquisite the flesh of the sin offering became, and …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And all the males among the priests shall eat thereof , &c.] As of the meat offerings, (Leviticus 6:18) …
Presbyterian
The blood of the sin-offering was to be washed out of the clothes on which it happened to be sprinkled. This signified the regard we should have fo…
