Every grain offering of a priest shall be wholly burned. It shall not be eaten.”
The meat-offering was either that which was offered by the people or that by the priests at their consecration. Now, I. As to the common meat-offering, 1. Only a handful of it was to be burnt upon the altar; all the rest was allowed to the priests for their food.
Commenting on Leviticus 6:14-23
And the Lord spake unto Moses,.... Continued his discourse with him: saying; as follows.
For every meat-offering for the priest shall be wholly burnt - Whatever the priest offered was wholly the Lord's, and therefore must be entirely consumed: the sacrifices of the common people were offered to the Lord, but the priests partook of them; and thus they who ministered at the altar were fed by the altar.