Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 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.
9. they shall eat it ] The Tal. Bab. ( Sukkah 56 a) says that half was eaten by the outgoing and half by the incoming division of priests.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
i.e. The old bread now to be taken away.
Of the offerings, or, as one or being one of the offerings, &c., in regard of the incense which was offered by fire, and that for or instead of the bread, as was said on Lev 24:7, and therefore the broad was reputed as if it had been so offered.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’,…. The twelve cakes of the old bread, when taken off the shewbread table; these were divided between the courses of the priests that carried in and brought out; and the high priest had half from each course, so that the half was for Aaron or the high priest, and the other half for his sons, or the priests that ministered i:
and they shall eat it in the holy place; in the tabernacle or some court of it, and not in their own houses: it is said the shewbread was not eaten sooner than the ninth day, nor after the eleventh; how? it was baked on the evening of the sabbath, and it was eaten on the sabbath, the ninth day; if a feast day happened to be on the eve of the sabbath, it was eaten on the tenth; if the two feast days of the beginning of the year so fell, it was eaten on the eleventh day k: the reason why it was only eaten in the holy place is,
for it [is] most holy unto him; it was one of the most holy things, which were only to be eaten by males, and in the sanctuary not as the light holy things, which were eaten in the houses and families of the priests, and by their wives and daughters also:
of the offerings of the Lord made by fire, by a perpetual statute; not that the bread was a burnt offering, but the frankincense upon it, or by it, and so having a connection with it, the whole is said to be an offering by fire: the one was given to the priests of the Lord to eat, and the other was consumed on the altar; and both were an offering to the Lord; and the frankincense being offered by fire unto the Lord, instead of the bread it was reckoned as if that was so offered.
i Maimon. Hilchot Tamidin, c. 4. sect. 12, 14. k Menachot, c. 11. sect. 9.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(9) And it shall be Aarons and his sons.In accordance with this statute, the twelve cakes were divided during the second Temple between the high priest and the officiating priests, the former had six, and the latter had six, among them.
They shall eat it in the holy place.Of the many things connected with the national service which became the perquisites of the priests, there were eight only which had to be consumed within the precincts of the sanctuary, and the shewbread is one of the eight, viz., (1) the remnant of the meat offering (Lev. 2:3; Lev. 2:10); (2) the flesh of the sin offering (Lev. 6:26); (3) of the trespass offering (Lev. 7:6); (4) the lepers log of oil (Lev. 14:10); (5) the remainder of the omer (Lev. 23:10-11); (6) the peace offering of the congregation; (7) the two loaves (Lev. 13:19-20); and (8) the shewbread.
Of the offerings of the Lord made by fire.That is, the former part of the offering, as the frankincense, which was the other part, was burnt as an offering to God.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Lev 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.
Ver. 9. Made by fire. ] The frankincense laid upon them, was.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
eat it in the holy place. Eight things were thus consumed by the priests. See note on Lev 7:9.
holy. See note on Exo 3:5.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Aaron’s: Lev 8:31, 1Sa 21:6, Mal 1:12, Mat 12:4, Mar 2:26, Luk 6:4
they shall: Lev 6:16, Lev 8:3, Lev 8:31, Lev 10:17, Lev 21:22, Exo 29:32, Exo 29:33
Reciprocal: Exo 27:21 – a statute for ever Num 18:20 – General 1Sa 21:5 – in a manner Eze 42:13 – they be holy
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 24:9. It (the old bread, now to be taken away) shall be Aarons of the offerings made by fire The frankincense and the bread were but one offering, and the frankincense being burned instead of the bread, hence the bread too is reckoned among the offerings made by fire.