Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 6:23
For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Not be eaten – Compare Lev 6:30; Lev 4:12 note.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 23. For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt] Whatever the priest offered was wholly the Lord’s, and therefore must be entirely consumed: the sacrifices of the common people were offered to the Lord, but the priests partook of them; and thus they who ministered at the altar were fed by the altar. Had the priests been permitted to live on their own offerings as they did on those of the people, it would have been as if they had offered nothing, as they would have taken again to themselves what they appeared to give unto the Lord. Theodoret says that this marked “the high perfection which God required in the ministers of his sanctuary,” as his not eating of his own sin-offering supposes him to stand free from all sin; but a better reason is given by Mr. Ainsworth: “The people’s meat-offering was eaten by the priests that made atonement for them, Le 6:15-16, Le 7:7; but because no priest, being a sinner, could make atonement for himself, therefore his meat-offering might not be eaten, but all burnt on the altar, to teach him to expect salvation, not by his legal service or works, but by Christ; for the eating of the sin-offering figured the bearing of the sinner’s iniquity;” Le 10:17.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
No part of it shall be eaten by the priest, as it was when the offering was for the people. The reason of the difference is, partly, because when he offered it for the people, he was to have some recompence for his pains, which he could not expect when he offered it for himself; partly, to signify the imperfection of the Levitical priests, who could not bear their own iniquity; for the priests eating part of the peoples sacrifices did signify his typical bearing of the peoples iniquity, as appears from Lev 10:17; and partly, to teach the priests and ministers of God, that it is their duty to serve God with singleness of heart, and to be content with Gods honour, though they have no present advantage by it.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
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, Le 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 w, every day yielded to the law and will of God, and is perfect, as the word here signifies, and to be distinguished from , “a burnt offering”.
w Vid. Michaelis Observ. Sacr. Exercitat. 6. p. 57. & Mede in ib. p. 58.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(23) For every meat offering for the priest.Better, and every meat offering of a priest This rule applies to every meat offering brought by the priests themselves for the same reason.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
23. Wholly burnt not be eaten Since it was a thank offering to Jehovah it would be improper for the priest to eat it. To appropriate it to himself after presenting it to the Lord would destroy the vital element of sacrifice, self-denial. This law applies to all offerings of the priest, especially to his sin offering, the eating of which would imply that he could atone for his own sins, and that he had no need of a substitute prefiguring “the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.” The sin offering for a private individual or for a prince was to be eaten by the priesthood. That for the whole nation, since the priests were included, could not be eaten.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 6:23 For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
Ver. 23. It shall not be eaten. ] To teach the high priest to look for salvation out of himself.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
shall be: The meat offering of the people was eaten by the priests, who typically bore and expiated their sins; but as no priest, being a sinner, could make atonement for himself, his meat offering must not be eaten, but wholly burnt on the altar, which was a typical transfer of his guilt to the great antitype who actually bore and expiated it.
it shall not be: Lev 6:16, Lev 6:17, Lev 2:10
Reciprocal: Lev 7:17 – burnt
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 6:23. It shall not be eaten No part of it shall be eaten by the priest, as it was when the offering was for the people. The reason of the difference is, partly because when he offered it for the people, he was to have some recompense for his pains; partly to signify the imperfection of the Levitical priests, who could not bear their own iniquity; for the priests eating part of the peoples sacrifice did signify his typical bearing of the peoples iniquity; and partly to teach the priests and ministers of God, that it is their duty to serve God with singleness of heart, and to be content with Gods honour, though they have no present advantage by it.