Mitzvah #356 Positive Commandment (Mitzvah Asseh)
„The priests must eat the sacrificial meat in the Temple“
Scripture Reference: EXO 29:33 (Torah Portion (Parashah): Tetzaveh)
Scripture Texts
English Translation
"Thus they shall eat those things by which atonement was made at their ordination and consecration; but a layman shall not eat them, because they are holy.
Hebrew Text (Torah)
לג וְאָכְלוּ אֹתָם אֲשֶׁר כֻּפַּר בָּהֶם, לְמַלֵּא אֶת-יָדָם לְקַדֵּשׁ אֹתָם; וְזָר לֹא-יֹאכַל, כִּי-קֹדֶשׁ הֵם.
Greek Text (Septuagint)
33 ἔδονται αὐτά, ἐν οἷς ἡγιάσθησαν ἐν αὐτοῖς τελειῶσαι τὰς χεῖρας αὐτῶν ἁγιάσαι αὐτούς, καὶ ἀλλογενὴς οὐκ ἔδεται ἀπ᾿ αὐτῶν· ἔστιν γὰρ ἅγια.
Theological Classification
Torah Portion (Parashah) Tetzaveh
Sefer HaChinuch Number #102
Mishneh Torah (Maimonides)
Service (Buch 8)
Section: Sacrificial Procedures
Systematic Category (P119f) Sacrifices and Offerings