Leviticus 10:12-15

Does the tragedy cancel the remaining priests’ responsibilities?

Berean Standard Bible

12 And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the food offerings to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy. 13 You shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your share and your sons’ share of the food offerings to the LORD; for this is what I have been commanded. 14 And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel. 15 They are to bring the thigh of the contribution and the breast of the wave offering, together with the fat portions of the food offerings, to wave as a wave offering before the LORD. It will belong permanently to you and your children, as the LORD has commanded.”

What is the context?

Moses instructs Aaron, Eleazar, and Ithamar concerning the portions that remain. The grain offering is eaten in a holy place, while the breast and thigh of the peace offerings may be shared with their sons and daughters in a ceremonially clean place.

The tragedy has not erased the distinctions already given in the law. The portions and places differ according to the offering, and the family’s provision continues alongside its responsibility to serve.

How is this passage commonly understood?

Wesley reads the repeated command as directing the priests to continue their work despite grief and as assurance that their service is still accepted. The USCCB notes identify the portions with the people’s offerings in chapter 9. The inclusion of daughters in the peace-offering portion should not be silently removed by treating all priestly food rules alike.

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