Leviticus 10:17

Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place, seeing it is most holy, and God hath given it you to bear the iniquity of the congregation, to make atonement for them before the Lord?

Cross-references

Leviticus 6:26 provides the law that the sin offering must be eaten by the priest, which Moses quotes in his rebuke here.

Leviticus 6:29 gives the same rule that the sin offering is most holy and eaten by priests, grounding the command Moses rebukes here.

Leviticus 7:7 explicitly says the sin and guilt offerings share the same law: the priest who makes atonement eats it, reinforcing the obligation here.

Leviticus 16:22 describes the scapegoat bearing iniquities away—a different mechanism of sin removal than the priest eating to bear guilt.

Leviticus 22:16 warns against laypeople eating holy offerings, bringing guilt—contrasting the priests' role here of eating to bear guilt.

Leviticus 24:9 reinforces the same rule: most holy offerings must be eaten by priests in a holy place, echoing the command here.

1 Peter 2:24 says Christ bore our sins in his body — fulfilling the sin offering's role of bearing iniquity for atonement.

Hebrews 9:28 says Christ bore the sins of many once — directly echoing the sin offering's purpose to bear iniquity for atonement.

2 Corinthians 5:21 states Christ was made sin for us — the sin offering prefigured here, now fully realized in Christ bearing our iniquity.

John 1:29 Typology

John 1:29 identifies Jesus as the Lamb of God who takes away sin — the ultimate fulfillment of the sin offering that bears iniquity in Leviticus 10:17.

Isaiah 53:6-11 portrays the servant bearing the iniquity of many—a typological fulfillment of the guilt-bearing role foreshadowed by the priests.

Numbers 18:1 assigns Aaron and his sons to bear iniquity connected with the sanctuary—a direct parallel to the priestly guilt-bearing here.

Ezekiel 42:13 describes priests eating sin and guilt offerings in holy chambers, directly mirroring the rule applied here.

Numbers 18:10 explicitly commands eating most holy offerings in a holy place, exactly the rule broken in this verse.

Numbers 18:9 specifies that sin offerings are among the priests' most holy portions, directly supporting why they must eat it here.

Ezekiel 18:19 contrasts individual responsibility — the son does not bear the father's iniquity — with the priest bearing the congregation's iniquity here.

Ezekiel 18:20 expands the principle that each person bears their own sin, directly opposing the priest bearing the congregation's iniquity in this verse.

Exodus 28:38 has the high priest bear guilt from holy things via his turban—another method of bearing guilt, parallel in concept.

Nehemiah 7:65 repeats Ezra 2:63's restriction, reinforcing that only authorized priests may eat most holy offerings.

Ezra 2:63 Parallel

Ezra 2:63 restricts partaking of most holy food to validated priests, reflecting the same holiness principle as here.

Ezekiel 4:4-6 has the prophet symbolically bear Israel's iniquity—a parallel prophetic act of bearing guilt, though not priestly.