Exodus 29:33 meaning and explanation

They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.

Exodus 29:33, Berean Standard Bible

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God is speaking to Moses at Sinai, giving the seven day ritual that sets Aaron and his sons apart as priests. The meat of the ordination ram and the bread from the basket were the very offerings by which atonement was made for the priests, and those being ordained were to eat them at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.

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