Leviticus 22:13
But if she be a widow, or divorced, and having no children return to her father's house, she shall eat of her father's meats, as she was wont to do when she was a maid, no stranger hath leave to eat of them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Exodus 12:43And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron: This is the service of the Phase: No foreigner shall eat of it.
Leviticus 10:14The breast also that is offered, and the shoulder that is separated, you shall eat in a most clean place, thou and thy sons, and thy daughters with thee. For they are set aside for thee and thy children, of the victims of peace offerings of the children of Israel:
Deuteronomy 24:2And when she is departed, and marrieth another husband,
Ezra 2:63And Athersatha said to them, that they should not eat of the holy of holies, till there arose a priest learned and perfect.
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 →