Commentary for Arakhin 7:19
הכל מעריכין כהנים לוים וישראלים
The priests, however, Used to explain the following verse to their advantage: And every meal-offering of the priest shall be wholly made to smoke; it shall not be eaten.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lev. VI, 16. They argued: Since this verse prohibits the enjoyment of anything offered up by priests, our shekel, the proceeds of which should be completely used for 'smoking' would render the 'omer and the shewbread, the costs of which were defrayed from the shekel payments, prohibited for any human use; whereas they are eaten by the priests in the sanctuary. Consequently, for any priest to pay the shekel would be sinful. But this argument is faulty for it is only the priest's own flour-offering which must be wholly burnt, in all other cases the majority of the givers, i.e., the non.priestly community, determine the character of the offering, which need therefore not be consumed wholly on the altar.');"><sup>9</sup></span>
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