Verse Lens · Context pointer
Exodus 29:33 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 33. 33And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
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Role in This Section
The 29:33 clause “And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not…” moves “Ordination Uses Blood, Fire, Food, and Seven Days” from its opening condition toward the unit's outcome.
Read It With
- Exodus 29:10–37
Read Exodus 29:33 with 29:10–37. The 29:33 clause “And they shall eat those things wherewith the atonement was made, to consecrate and to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not…” moves “Ordination Uses Blood, Fire, Food, and Seven Days” from its opening condition toward the unit's outcome. The whole unit shows: Sin offering, burnt offering, ram of ordination, blood on body and altar, wave portions, sacred meal, garments, succession, and seven-day purification consecrate priests and altar.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
Read Exodus 29:10–37 — Ordination Uses Blood, Fire, Food, and Seven DaysSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Exodus 29:10–37, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Exodus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech, law, ritual vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Exod.xml, words and morphology for 29:10–37
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