Exo 29:33 | NETfull | STEP | They are to eat those things by which atonement was made to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else may eat them, for they are holy.

Exodus 29:33

33 They are to eat those things by which atonement was made ^{▼▼ The clause is a relative clause modifying “those things,” the direct object of the verb “eat.” The relative clause has a resumptive pronoun: “which atonement was made by them” becomes “by which atonement was made.” The verb is a Pual perfect of כִּפֵּר (kipper, “to expiate, atone, pacify”).} to consecrate and to set them apart, but no one else ^{▼▼ The Hebrew word is “stranger, alien” (זָר, zar). But in this context it means anyone who is not a priest (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 324).} may eat them, for they are holy.