What is the context?
The offering associated with the anointed priest uses a tenth of an ephah of flour, prepared with oil and divided between morning and evening. The successor from Aaron’s sons is to prepare it as well.
The closing rule states that every grain offering for a priest must be completely burned and not eaten. This is the clear distinction from the ordinary grain offering just described, whose remainder provides the priests’ food.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley connects the occasion with priestly anointing and reads the restriction as teaching service without personal gain. The USCCB notes understand a regular twice-daily high-priestly grain offering. The paragraph explicitly combines the anointing occasion with continuing practice, but readers explain that relationship differently.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.
Where can I study this further?
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