Every male among the priests may eat of it: this expresses the same idea as verse 18, but in a slightly different form.

It is most holy: see verse 17 and 2.3.

Following the parenthetical information in verses 27-28, this verse picks up and clarifies what is said in verse 26. The meat is not reserved exclusively for the officiating priest but may be eaten by other priests as well, and even by men excluded from the active priesthood because of some physical defect (see 21.22).

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .