What Does Leviticus 7:36 Mean in the King James?

Which the LORD commanded to be given them of the children of Israel, in the day that he anointed them, by a statute for ever throughout their generations.

Leviticus 7:36 · KJV

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King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

This verse in the Selah Decoded Version

THE KEY

The anointing does not only mark the priests for service; it binds Israel’s provision to that calling across generations.

THE MEANING

This verse presents the priests’ share as something the LORD commands Israel to give, bound to their anointing and fixed for their generations. The sacred role comes with a defined material provision, and the statute carries that arrangement forward.

WHAT THIS UNDOES

It undoes the belief that material support is incidental to sacred service.

THE ROOT

מָשְׁחוֹ

māšĕḥô

GROWS FROM

משח

To smear or apply oil; to anoint.

“anointed” in this verse is māšĕḥô. At the root is the tangible act of applying oil: anointing marks someone for a role. Here, the gift is ordered alongside that marking and carried across generations, joining the appointment to material provision.

ALSO GROWS

māšîaḥ: Anointed one

מָשִׁיחַ

This branch names the person marked for a role, the same kind of appointment expressed in the verse.

mišḥāh: Anointing or anointing oil

מִשְׁחָה

It keeps the physical act of applying oil visible beneath the English word “anointed.”

לָתֵת

lātēt

GROWS FROM

נתן

To give, place, or set.

“to be given” in this verse is lātēt. The verb for giving belongs to a root that also means placing or setting something in position. Israel’s share is not a loose kindness; the command sets it in place for the priests.

ALSO GROWS

nātan: To give, place, or set

נָתַן

This is the root verb behind the commanded giving in the verse.

mattānāh: Gift

מַתָּנָה

The related noun makes the gift itself visible as something placed into another’s hands.

THE PATTERN

A role set apart for service carries a provision assigned to it.

And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.

Numbers 18:8 · KJVThe verse explicitly ties the priests’ provision to their anointing and extends that arrangement to their sons.

The heave shoulder and the wave breast shall they bring with the offerings made by fire of the fat, to wave it for a wave offering before the LORD; and it shall be thine, and thy sons’ with thee, by a statute for ever; as the LORD hath commanded.

Leviticus 10:15 · KJVA defined share of the offerings belongs to the priests and their sons by an enduring statute.

Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

1 Corinthians 9:14 · KJVThe same structure appears as an ordained provision attached to those serving through the gospel.

THE THREAD

Then shalt thou take the anointing oil, and pour it upon his head, and anoint him.

Exodus 29:7 · KJV

Exodus shows the tangible act behind “anointed”: oil is poured upon the head. Leviticus connects that marking to the priests’ assigned share, revealing how anointing and provision belong to one appointment.

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