Lev 3:11 | TNotes | STEP | 3:11 special gift: See study note on 1:9. • Offerings of food were called “God’s food” (21:6 , 8 , 17 , 21 , 22 ; Num 28:2 ). However, Scripture is clear that the Lord did not eat the offerings, as pagans believed their deities did (Ps 50:9-13 ). Instead, these offerings belonged to God, and the priest ate a portion of this food as God’s representative (Lev 21:21-22 ). These offerings sustained the priest and his family.

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‏ Leviticus 3:11

3:11 ^a special gift: See study note on 1:9.

• Offerings of food were called “God’s food” (21:6 ^b, 8 ^c, 17 ^d, 21 ^e, 22 ^f; Num 28:2 ^g). However, Scripture is clear that the Lord did not eat the offerings, as pagans believed their deities did (Ps 50:9-13 ^h). Instead, these offerings belonged to God, and the priest ate a portion of this food as God’s representative (Lev 21:21-22 ⁱ). These offerings sustained the priest and his family.