Numbers 18:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

Thou shalt eat it in the sanctuary: the males only shall eat thereof, because it is a consecrated thing to thee.
Douay-Rheims

בְּקֹ֥דֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים תֹּאכֲלֶ֑נּוּ כָּל־זָכָר֙ יֹאכַ֣ל אֹת֔וֹ קֹ֖דֶשׁ יִֽהְיֶה־לָּֽךְ׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Cyrill of Alexandria

5th centuryChurch Father

Moreover, only the priesthood was permitted to partake of the sin offering; the sacred body of Christ is reserved for those who are not tainted by sin, specifically for the elect and the pure. It is written, ‘But ye are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation’ (1 Pet. 2:9).

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Lev 6:29Every male of the priestly race shall eat of the flesh thereof, because it is holy of holies.
Lev 7:6Every male of the priestly race, shall eat this flesh in a holy place, because it is most holy.
Lev 6:16And the part of the flour that is left, Aaron and his sons shall eat, without leaven: and he shall eat it in the holy place of the court of the tabernacle.
Lev 21:22He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves that are offered in the sanctuary.
Lev 10:17Why did you not eat in the holy place the sacrifice for sin, which is most holy, and given to you, that you may bear the iniquity of the people, and may pray for them in the sight of the Lord.
Lev 14:13He shall immolate the lamb, where the victim for sin is wont to be immolated, and the holocaust, that is, in the holy place. For as that which is for sin, so also the victim for a trespass offering pertaineth to the priest: it is holy of holies.
Lev 6:26The priest that offereth it, shall eat it in a holy place, in the court of the tabernacle.
Lev 10:13And you shall eat it in a holy place: which is given to thee and thy sons of the oblations of the Lord, as it hath been commanded me.