Verse Lens · Concise explanation
Leviticus 6:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23For every meat offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt: it shall not be eaten.
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Quick Meaning
This verse states that every priestly grain offering is wholly burned rather than eaten.
Read It With
- Leviticus 6:14-23
Place Leviticus 6:23 inside 6:14-23. This verse states that every priestly grain offering is wholly burned rather than eaten. Its surrounding procedure or case makes the larger point: Priests burn a memorial portion, eat the unleavened remainder in a holy place, and wholly burn the anointed priest's daily grain gift.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The unit needs this detail before it can reach its next action or distinction: this verse states that every priestly grain offering is wholly burned rather than eaten.
What Remains True
States that every priestly grain offering is wholly burned rather than eaten. Within Leviticus 6:14-23, this contributes to the larger claim that priests burn a memorial portion, eat the unleavened remainder in a holy place, and wholly burn the anointed priest's daily grain gift.
How It Can Shape Life
- When teaching Leviticus 6:23, keep the verse inside Leviticus 6:14-23. Hold this boundary: Priestly portions sustain service but do not license religious leaders to hide financial interests. Apply only the noncoercive truth the complete unit supports.
Continue in Context
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Read Leviticus 6:14-23 — Priestly grain offerings distinguish daily food from total burningSources used for this Verse Lens
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 reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Leviticus 6:14-23, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Leviticus
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, ritual and legal vocabulary, names, clause relationships, KJV language controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Lev.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 6:14-23
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible: Leviticus with translators' notes
Biblical Studies Press
eBible.org distribution of the NET Bible, PDF generated 2025-12-31
Supports: Unit-bounded translator notes on Hebrew, syntax, ritual vocabulary, measures, textual questions, and older-English wording; silence is not treated as evidence.
Exact location: NET Bible Leviticus PDF, complete PDF pp. 1-99, translation and translator notes for 6:14-23
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