What Does Leviticus 6:16 Mean in the King James?

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.

Leviticus 6:16 · KJV

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This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

What remains from the offering is not waste; it becomes food within the set-apart meal.

THE MEANING

What remains stays within the offering’s purpose: it becomes food for Aaron and his sons in the set-apart place. The verse joins nourishment to meeting with God, giving the remainder a place in the sacred meal.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the assumption that whatever remains after an offering is merely waste: the remainder has an appointed place and becomes food.

THE ROOT

הַנּוֹתֶרֶת

hanōṯereṯ

GROWS FROM

יתר

y-t-r

To remain over, be left, or exceed.

The root links what is left over with what is “more”: the remainder is what stays after a portion is taken. Here, what remains still belongs to the offering’s purpose, it is received as food, not treated as discard.

ALSO GROWS

yeter: Remainder; what is left over.

יֶתֶר

It shares the root of “remainder” and makes clear that what stays is still a portion.

yoter: More; beyond.

יוֹתֵר

It carries the sense of what is left beyond a first portion, illuminating how the verse gives the remaining portion its own place.

yitron: Gain; advantage; profit.

יִתְרוֹן

This branch shows the root can describe what remains as something of value, echoing the verse’s treatment of the remainder as food.

קָדֹשׁ

qadosh

GROWS FROM

קדש

q-d-sh

To set apart; to mark as distinct for a purpose.

“holy” in this verse is qadosh. The meal takes place in a space set apart for meeting with God. The root shows that the remainder is not merely left behind: it is eaten within the offering’s designated space.

ALSO GROWS

qodesh: Set-apartness; sacredness.

קֹדֶשׁ

It names the quality of the place where the remainder is eaten.

miqdash: Sanctuary; a set-apart place.

מִקְדָּשׁ

It shares the root and shows how set-apartness can name a place for encounter.

THE PATTERN

Eating can belong within sacred relationship: food is received and shared in the presence of God.

And Aaron and his sons shall eat the flesh of the ram, and the bread that is in the basket, by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Exodus 29:32 · KJVThe priests eat the offering’s food at the entrance to the meeting place, joining nourishment to sacred service.

And there ye shall eat before the LORD your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the LORD thy God hath blessed thee.

Deuteronomy 12:7 · KJVEating and rejoicing take place before the LORD, bringing a household meal into shared presence.

Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.

1 Corinthians 10:31 · KJVEven eating and drinking belong within life turned toward God.

THE THREAD

And Moses spake unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar and unto Ithamar, his sons that were left, Take the meat offering that remaineth of the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and eat it without leaven beside the altar: for it is most holy:

Leviticus 10:12 · KJV

The word translated “remaineth” comes from the same y-t-r root as “remainder” here, and it is paired with the instruction to eat. The shared root opens “remainder” as a portion still held within the offering’s purpose.

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