The priest who offers it shall eat it; it is to be eaten in the courtyard of the tent of meeting. The sin offering that is not burned entirely outside the camp (as in Leviticus 4:11–12 for the high priest's and community's sin offerings) is eaten by the offering priest in the courtyard. The portions of the sin offering eaten by the priest are not waste — they are the priestly portion of the sin offering. The priest who performs the atonement participates in the consumption of what was offered. Hebrews 13:10 says we have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat — the priestly eating of the sin offering portions is the basis for the author of Hebrews' argument.

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