Reference

Leviticus 6:26

Atonement ProcessDay of Atonement (Judgment Phase)Earthly Sanctuary System
“The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.”
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And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

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Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, saying, This is the law of the sin offering: In the place where the burnt offering is killed shall the sin offering be killed before the Lord: it is most holy.

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The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.

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Whatsoever shall touch the flesh thereof shall be holy: and when there is sprinkled of the blood thereof upon any garment, thou shalt wash that whereon it was sprinkled in the holy place.

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But the earthen vessel wherein it is sodden shall be broken: and if it be sodden in a brasen pot, it shall be both scoured, and rinsed in water.

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Atonement Process

The verse describes a ritual act performed by a priest with a sin offering, but it does not explicitly detail the mechanics of forgiveness, cleansing, substitution, or reconciliation between God and humanity, focusing instead on the consumption of the offering.

Day of Atonement (Judgment Phase)

This verse describes a general procedure for eating a sin offering by a priest in the tabernacle, without any mention of the unique annual ceremony of Yom Kippur, a scapegoat, or concepts of final judgment or removal of sin.

Earthly Sanctuary System

While the verse mentions a priest, a holy place, and the tabernacle, it focuses on the consumption of the offering rather than explicitly detailing the structure or function of the sanctuary system itself.

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Cross-References

1 Corinthians 9:13Thematic

“Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?”

Leviticus 6:16Thematic

“And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.”

Numbers 18:9Thematic

“This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.”

Ezekiel 42:13Thematic

“Then said he unto me, The north chambers and the south chambers, which are before the separate place, they be holy chambers, where the priests that approach unto the Lord shall eat the most holy things: there shall they lay the most holy things, and the meat offering, and the sin offering, and the trespass offering; for the place is holy.”

Ezekiel 44:28Thematic

“And it shall be unto them for an inheritance: I am their inheritance: and ye shall give them no possession in Israel: I am their possession.”

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Thematic Connections

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