Leviticus 22:13

But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned to her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread, but there shall no stranger eat of it.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

In Context

12And if a priest's daughter be married to a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

14And if a man eats of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part of it to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.

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Cross References

Exodus 12:43And LORD said to Moses and Aaron, This is the ordinance of the Passover. There shall no foreigner eat of it,

Leviticus 10:14And ye shall eat the wave-breast and the heave-thigh in a clean place, thou, and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee. For they are given as thy portion, and thy sons' portion, out of the sacrifices of the peace-offerings of the s

Deuteronomy 24:2And when she has departed out of his house, she may go and be another man's.

Ezra 2:63And the governor said to them that they should not eat of the most holy things till there stood up a priest with Urim and with Thummim.

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:11-17

10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. 11 But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. 12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 13 But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall… Read the whole commentary →

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