Positive Commandment #356 of 613
The priests must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple
Commandment #356 — a positive obligation from Exodus 29:33, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“"Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.”
— Exodus 29:33
Hebrew
לג וְאָכְלוּ אֹתָם אֲשֶׁר כֻּפַּר בָּהֶם, לְמַלֵּא אֶת-יָדָם לְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָם; וְזָר לֹא-יֹאכַל, כִּי-קֹדֶשׁ הֵם.
Greek (Septuagint)
33 ἔδονται αὐτά, ἐν οἷς ἡγιάσθησαν ἐν αὐτοῖς τελειῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἁγιάσαι αὐτούς, καὶ ἀλλογενὴς οὐκ ἔδεται ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν· ἔστιν γὰρ ἅγια.
Classification
- Type
- Positive (Thou Shalt)
- Category
- Sacrifices and Offerings
- Book
- exodus
- Chapter
- 29
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Tetzaveh
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #102
- Mishneh Torah
- ServiceSacrificial Procedures
Related Commandments in “Sacrifices and Offerings”
#168: Do not offer to G-d any castrated male animals
Leviticus 22:24
#227: Estimate the value of people as determined by the Law
Leviticus 27:2
#228: Estimate the value of consecrated animals
Leviticus 27:12
#229: Estimate the value of consecrated houses
Leviticus 27:14
#230: Estimate the value of consecrated fields
Leviticus 27:16
#231: Carry out the laws of interdicting possessions
Leviticus 27:28
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