Leviticus 6:14-18

Leviticus 6:14-18

[14] And this is the law  of the meat offering:  the sons  of Aaron  shall offer  it before  the LORD,  before  the altar.  [15] And he shall take  of it his handful,  of the flour  of the meat offering,  and of the oil  thereof, and all the frankincense  which is upon the meat offering,  and shall burn  it upon the altar  for a sweet  savour,  even the memorial  of it, unto the LORD.  [16] 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  [17] It shall not be baken  with leaven.  I have given  it unto them for their portion  of my offerings made by fire;  it is most  as is the sin offering,  and as the trespass offering.  [18] All the males  among the children  of Aaron  shall eat  of it. It shall be a statute  for ever  in your generations  of the LORD  made by fire:  every one that toucheth  them shall be holy. 

What does Leviticus 6:14-18 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

God considered the meal, sin, and trespass offerings "most holy" ( Leviticus 6:17; Leviticus 6:25; Leviticus 7:1; Leviticus 7:6). This means that they were sacrifices that only the priests could eat.
The "layman who touched these most holy things became holy through the contact, so that henceforth he had to guard against defilement in the same manner as the sanctified priests ( Leviticus 21:1-8), though without sharing the priestly rights and prerogatives. This necessarily placed him in a position which would involve many inconveniences in connection with ordinary life." [1]
These instructions about the meal offering clarify the priests" rights. They could eat this offering but only in a holy place, such as the tabernacle courtyard. The priests enjoyed special privileges, but they also had to observe high standards of behavior. This is also true of Christians (cf. Luke 12:48; James 3:1; 1 Peter 4:17).