KJV King James Version
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it [is] most holy.
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Leviticus 6:29
All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it [is] most holy.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
WEB World English Bible
Every male among the priests shall eat of it: it is most holy.
ASV American Standard Version
Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Every male among the priests doth eat it—it is most holy;
Surrounding context — Leviticus 6
26 The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
27 Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.
28 But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.
29 All the males among the priests shall eat thereof: it [is] most holy.
30 And no sin offering, whereof [any] of the blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile [withal] in the holy [place], shall be eaten: it shall be burnt in the fire.
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Cross-references
Numbers 18:10In the most holy [place] shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee.Leviticus 6:25Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This [is] the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the LORD: it [is] most holy.Leviticus 6:17-18It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it [unto them for] their portion of my offerings made by fire; it [is] most holy, as [is] the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.
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