KJV King James Version
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it [is] most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
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Leviticus 24:9
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it [is] most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the food offerings to the LORD—his portion forever.”
WEB World English Bible
It shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy to him of the offerings of Yahweh made by fire by a perpetual statute.”
ASV American Standard Version
And it shall be for Aaron and his sons; and they shall eat it in a holy place: for it is most holy unto him of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire by a perpetual statute.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and it hath been to Aaron, and to his sons, and they have eaten it in the holy place, for it is most holy to him, from the fire-offerings of Jehovah—a statute age-during.’
Surrounding context — Leviticus 24
6 And thou shalt set them in two rows, six on a row, upon the pure table before the LORD.
7 And thou shalt put pure frankincense upon [each] row, that it may be on the bread for a memorial, [even] an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
8 Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, [being taken] from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
9 And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’; and they shall eat it in the holy place: for it [is] most holy unto him of the offerings of the LORD made by fire by a perpetual statute.
10 And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father [was] an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish [woman] and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;
11 And the Israelitish woman’s son blasphemed the name [of the LORD], and cursed. And they brought him unto Moses: (and his mother’s name [was] Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan:)
12 And they put him in ward, that the mind of the LORD might be shewed them.
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וְהָֽיְתָה֙H1961 · ha.yahto beלְאַהֲרֹ֣ןH175 · a.ha.ronAaronוּלְבָנָ֔יוH1121 · benson: childוַאֲכָלֻ֖הוּH398 · a.khalto eatבְּמָק֣וֹםH4725 · ma.qomplaceקָדֹ֑שׁH6918 · qa.doshholyכִּ֡יH3588 · kiforקֹדֶשׁ֩H6944 · qo.deshholinessקָֽדָשִׁ֨יםH6944 · qo.deshholinessה֥וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itל֛וֹH9033 · ohimמֵאִשֵּׁ֥יH801 · ish.shahfood offeringיְהוָ֖הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDחָק־H2706 · choqstatute: decreeעוֹלָֽם׃ סH5769 · o.lamforever: enduring
Cross-references
Leviticus 8:31And Moses said unto Aaron and to his sons, Boil the flesh [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and there eat it with the bread that [is] in the basket of consecrations, as I commanded, saying, Aaron and his sons shall eat it.Luke 6:4How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?Mark 2:26How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?Leviticus 6:16And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.Leviticus 10:17Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it [is] most holy, and [God] hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?Leviticus 21:22He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the most holy, and of the holy.1 Samuel 21:6So the priest gave him hallowed [bread]: for there was no bread there but the shewbread, that was taken from before the LORD, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.Leviticus 8:3And gather thou all the congregation together unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.Malachi 1:12But ye have profaned it, in that ye say, The table of the LORD [is] polluted; and the fruit thereof, [even] his meat, [is] contemptible.Exodus 29:32-33And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that [is] in the basket, [by] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
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