Leviticus 6:20

20 “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the LORD on the day he[a] is anointed: a tenth of an ephah[b] of the finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

Leviticus 6:20 in Other Translations

KJV
20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sons, which they shall offer unto the LORD in the day when he is anointed; the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering perpetual, half of it in the morning, and half thereof at night.
ESV
20 "This is the offering that Aaron and his sons shall offer to the LORD on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
NLT
20 “On the day Aaron and his sons are anointed, they must present to the LORD the standard grain offering of two quarts of choice flour, half to be offered in the morning and half to be offered in the evening.
MSG
20 "This is the offering which Aaron and his sons each are to present to God on the day he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour as a regular Grain-Offering, half in the morning and half in the evening.
CSB
20 "This is the offering that Aaron and his sons must present to the Lord on the day that he is anointed: two quarts of fine flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.

Leviticus 6:20 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 6:20

This is the offering of Aaron and his sons
That is, of such of them as succeeded him in the high priesthood, as appears from ( Leviticus 6:22 ) so Aben Ezra, of him, or of one of his sons in his room; though some think the common priests offered the following oblation at the time of their initiation into their office, though they were not anointed as the high priest was, nor obliged as he to continue the offering daily:

which they shall offer unto the Lord in the day when he is
anointed;
when he, or any of his sons in his stead, were anointed, for as yet he himself was not; see ( Leviticus 8:2 ) some, as Aben Ezra observes, think that (b) , "in", is instead of (m) , "from", and that the sense is, that Aaron, or his successor, and every of them, were to offer the following offering perpetually from the time of their being anointed, and put into the office of the high priest, and which certainly was the case, as appears by what follows:

the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meat offering
perpetual;
which was an omer, and as much as a man could eat in one day; and this the high priest offered every day, as long as he lived, or was in his office, and that at his own expense, as Josephus says {p}, not altogether, but in the following manner:

half of it in the morning, and half of it at night;
so that this constantly returned as the morning and evening sacrifices did, and followed them. Jarchi says of this, that it was the common meat offering at the consecration of a priest, but the high priest offered it every day; and it appears from the Misnic writers F17 that this meat offering consisted of twelve cakes, the same number as those of the shewbread; the same phrase, a "perpetual statute", being used of one as the other; and six of these were offered in the morning, and six at evening; and this as the daily sacrifice had the same mystical meaning, and respected the continual efficacy of the sacrifice of Christ.


FOOTNOTES:

F16 Antiqu. l. 3. c. 10. sect. 7.
F17 Misn. Menachot, c. 6. sect. 5. & Maimon. & Bartenora in ib.

Leviticus 6:20 In-Context

18 Any male descendant of Aaron may eat it. For all generations to come it is his perpetual share of the food offerings presented to the LORD. Whatever touches them will become holy. ’ ”
19 The LORD also said to Moses,
20 “This is the offering Aaron and his sons are to bring to the LORD on the day he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour as a regular grain offering, half of it in the morning and half in the evening.
21 It must be prepared with oil on a griddle; bring it well-mixed and present the grain offering broken in pieces as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.
22 The son who is to succeed him as anointed priest shall prepare it. It is the LORD’s perpetual share and is to be burned completely.

Cross References 4

  • 1. S Exodus 28:41
  • 2. S Exodus 16:36
  • 3. Numbers 5:15; Numbers 28:5
  • 4. Exodus 29:2; Leviticus 23:13; Numbers 4:16

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Or "each"
  • [b]. That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms
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