What Does Leviticus 6:26 Mean in the King James?
The priest that offereth it for sin shall eat it: in the holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The priest who performs the rite for the missing does not merely present the offering; he eats it within the set-apart court.
THE MEANING
The priest performs the rite for the missing and eats its offering inside the tabernacle’s court. The verse holds the act of addressing the missing together with receiving nourishment: the priest who handles the offering also takes it into himself as food.
THE ROOT
הַמְחַטֵּא
hamḥaṭṭē
GROWS FROM
חטא
To miss, go wrong, or fall short.
The Hebrew verb behind “offereth it for sin” comes from חטא (chata, to miss or go wrong), the same root that names the missing and the offering associated with it. The priest who performs this rite then eats the offering, so what addresses the missing becomes food he receives within the set-apart court.
ALSO GROWS
chata: To miss, go wrong, or sin.
חָטָא
This verb names the missing that lies beneath the priestly rite.
chatat: Missing or sin; also an offering for sin.
חַטָּאת
The offering carries the same root that names what it addresses.
ḥiṭṭē: To cleanse or purify.
חִטֵּא
This related form shows the root’s movement from missing toward cleansing, a shade carried by the priestly verb in this verse.
THE PATTERN
In altar service, the offering is received as food by the one who ministers there.
Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the LORD?The priests the Levites, and all the tribe of Levi, shall have no part nor inheritance with Israel: they shall eat the offerings of the LORD made by fire, and his inheritance.Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?THE THREAD
If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule over him.Genesis uses חַטָּאת (chatat, missing or sin), from the root חטא (chata, to miss or go wrong), which is also present in the priestly verb here. In Genesis the missing lies at the door; here the offering associated with it is received as food inside the set-apart court.
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