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The Eating of the Priestly Portions. 12 Moses said to Aaron and his surviving sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering[a] left over from the oblations to the Lord, and eat it beside the altar in the form of unleavened cakes, since it is most holy. 13 You must eat it in a sacred place because it is your and your sons’ due from the oblations to the Lord; such is the command I have received. 14 (A)The brisket of the elevated offering and the leg[b] of the contribution, however, you and your sons and daughters may eat, in a clean place; for these have been assigned to you and your children as your due from the communion sacrifices of the Israelites.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:12–13 Grain offering: this is the grain offering of the people of 9:4, 17. Only the token offering had been offered; the rest was for the priests’ consumption.
  2. 10:14 Brisket…leg: these are from the Israelites’ communion sacrifices in 9:4, 18–21.

12 Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering(A) left over from the food offerings prepared without yeast and presented to the Lord and eat it beside the altar,(B) for it is most holy. 13 Eat it in the sanctuary area,(C) because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings presented to the Lord; for so I have been commanded.(D) 14 But you and your sons and your daughters may eat the breast(E) that was waved and the thigh that was presented. Eat them in a ceremonially clean place;(F) they have been given to you and your children as your share of the Israelites’ fellowship offerings.

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