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Note the contradiction in the following verse
discussing who eats a sin offering:
- Verse Lv06-19a states
The priest offering it for cleansing sin shall eat it; in a holy place shall it be eaten, in the court of the tent of meeting.
- But verse Lv06-22b states
Every male priest may eat thereof; it is most holy.
We see the contradiction, indicated by the underlined words. Which is it?
Is the sin-offering eaten by any male priest
or is it only eaten by the priest offering it.?
Rashi resolves this contradiction using the broad-literal
meaning method.
Any male priest who could have
offered the sin offering may eat it.
Here Rashi interprets
- Every male priests literally to mean any male priests
- The priest offering it broadly to mean the priest who could offer it
Sermonic points:
Although the Bible frequently emphasizes the values of individuality, here
the Bible emphasizes team work: It is the priestly team, not an individual,
who offers the sin-offering. It just so happens on any particular day that some
particular priest is offering the sin offering. But the whole unit gets to eat it
because the priests function as a team.
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