Any male in a priest's family may eat it; it is most holy. The sin offering portions eaten by the priests are restricted to males in a priest's family — a narrower restriction than the grain offering, which any male descendant of Aaron may eat. The most holy designation of the sin offering portions requires the most restricted handling: only those who are most holy by virtue of priestly ordination and male status within the priestly line may eat it. The graduated access to the most holy food mirrors the graduated access to the most holy space: not everyone may enter everywhere, and not everyone may eat everything.

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