"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…" — Leviticus 6:26

Leviticus 6:26 · KJV

“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.”

— Leviticus 6:26

Verse 25

Speak 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.

Verse 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.

Leviticus 6 — Context

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Speak 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.

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.

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.

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.

Cross References

Leviticus 10:17-18

Wherefore 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?

Ezekiel 44:28-29

And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I {am} their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I {am} their possession.

Ezekiel 42:13

Then said he unto me, The north chambers {and} the south chambers, which {are} before the separate place, they {be} holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the LORD shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place {is} holy.

Ezekiel 46:20

Then said he unto me, This {is} the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear {them} not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

Hosea 4:8

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. {set...: Heb. lift up their soul to}

Numbers 18:9-10

This shall be thine of the most holy things, {reserved} from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, {shall be} most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Exodus 40:33

And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

Exodus 27:9-18

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward {there shall be} hangings for the court {of} fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: