Leviticus 6:16
6:16 Aaron and his sons are to eat what is left over from it. It must be eaten unleavened in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Meeting Tent.
Leviticus 6:18
6:18 Every male among the sons of Aaron may eat it. It is a perpetual allotted portion 1 throughout your generations 2 from the gifts of the Lord. Anyone who touches these gifts 3 must be holy.’” 4
Leviticus 6:20
6:20 “This is the offering of Aaron and his sons which they must present to the Lord on the day when he is anointed: a tenth of an ephah 5 of choice wheat flour 6 as a continual grain offering, half of it in the morning and half of it in the evening.
Leviticus 6:26
6:26 The priest who offers it for sin is to eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place, in the court of the Meeting Tent.
1 tn Or “a perpetual regulation”; cf. NASB “a permanent ordinance”; NRSV “as their perpetual due.”
2 tn Heb “for your generations”; cf. NIV “for the generations to come.”
3 tn Heb “touches them”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity. In this context “them” must refer to the “gifts” of the Lord.
4 tn Or “anyone/anything that touches them shall become holy” (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:443-56). The question is whether this refers to the contagious nature of holy objects (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT) or whether it simply sets forth a demand that anyone who touches the holy gifts of the Lord must be a holy person (cf. CEV). See R. E. Averbeck, NIDOTTE 2:900-902.
5 sn A tenth of an ephah is about 2.3 liters, one day’s ration for a single person (J. Milgrom, Leviticus [AB], 1:306).
6 tn For the rendering “choice wheat flour” see the note on Lev 2:1.