The Meaning of Leviticus 6:17 Explained

Leviticus 6:17

KJV: 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 holy, as is the sin offering, and as the trespass offering.

YLT: It is not baken with any thing fermented, their portion I have given it, out of My fire-offerings; it is most holy, like the sin-offering, and like the guilt-offering.

Darby: It shall not be baken with leaven. As their portion have I given it unto them of my offerings by fire: it is most holy; as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.

ASV: It shall not be baken with leaven. I have given it as their portion of my offerings made by fire; it is most holy, as the sin-offering, and as the trespass-offering.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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  holy,  as [is] the sin offering,  and as the trespass offering. 

What does Leviticus 6:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 6:8-23 - Law Of The Burned-Offering
Notice well the teaching of this paragraph, which has special reference to the fire, which was to be kept always burning upon the altar. Thrice is the injunction repeated, Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:12-13. As it originally descended from God, Leviticus 9:24, so it was to be ever maintained by the watchful care of the priests. It is interesting to notice that a different Hebrew word is used for the fire that burned on the great brazen altar within the sacred enclosure from that which consumed the sin-offering without the camp, Leviticus 4:12. That symbolized the wrath of God against sin, while this symbolizes His love and grace, which descend to burn in human hearts. The Apostle was very conscious of the latter when he said: "The love of Christ constraineth us." Whenever you feel the glow of that fire in your heart be sure to nurse it. Ask that it may burn hotly. See Song of Solomon 8:6. It must be fed by the continual fuel of God's Word, consumed and absorbed in meditation. But remember the teaching of the latter part of this paragraph: Only holy souls may partake aught of the Heavenly Bread. "Let a man examine himself!" [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 6

1  The trespass offering for sins done wittingly
8  The law of the burnt offering
14  and of the meat offering
19  The offering at the consecration of a priest
24  The law of the sin offering

What do the individual words in Leviticus 6:17 mean?

Not it shall be baked with leaven [as] their portion I have given it of My offerings made by fire Most [is] most holy it like the sin offering and the trespass offering
לֹ֤א תֵאָפֶה֙ חָמֵ֔ץ חֶלְקָ֛ם נָתַ֥תִּי אֹתָ֖הּ מֵאִשָּׁ֑י קֹ֤דֶשׁ קָֽדָשִׁים֙ הִ֔וא כַּחַטָּ֖את וְכָאָשָֽׁם

תֵאָפֶה֙  it  shall  be  baked 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person feminine singular
Root: אָפָה 
Sense: to bake.
חָמֵ֔ץ  with  leaven 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חָמֵץ 
Sense: the thing leavened, leaven.
חֶלְקָ֛ם  [as]  their  portion 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine plural
Root: חֵלֶק 
Sense: portion, share, part, territory.
נָתַ֥תִּי  I  have  given 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: יָתַן 
Sense: to give, put, set.
מֵאִשָּׁ֑י  of  My  offerings  made  by  fire 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אִשֶּׁה  
Sense: burnt-offering, offering made by fire, fire offering.
קֹ֤דֶשׁ  Most 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
קָֽדָשִׁים֙  [is]  most  holy 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: קֹדֶשׁ  
Sense: apartness, holiness, sacredness, separateness.
כַּחַטָּ֖את  like  the  sin  offering 
Parse: Preposition-k, Article, Noun, feminine singular
Root: חַטָּאָה 
Sense: sin, sinful.
וְכָאָשָֽׁם  and  the  trespass  offering 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: אָשָׁם  
Sense: guilt, offense, guiltiness.