Leviticus 21:22
Yet of the sanctified oblations of his God, even of the most holy, he may eat:
Targum Onkelos
In The King James Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 2:10And that which remaineth of the mincha shall be Aharon’s and his sons’: it is most holy among the oblations of the Lord.
Leviticus 6:16It shall be burned entirely, and every mincha of the priest shall be entirely (burned); it is not to be eaten.
Leviticus 7:1And this is the law of the Trespass Offering; it is most holy.
Leviticus 10:12And Mosheh spake with Aharon and with Elazar and with Ithamar his sons who were left: Take the mincha which remaineth of the oblations of the Lord, and eat it unleavened at the side of the altar, because it is most holy.
Leviticus 14:13And he shall slay the lamb on the place where the sin offering is killed, and the burnt offering, (namely,) in the holy place; for as the sin, so the trespass, offering is the priest’s: it is most sacred.
Leviticus 22:10No stranger shall eat of that which is consecrated, neither a sojourner with a priest, or a hireling, may eat of the consecrated thing.
Matthew Henry on Leviticus 21:17-24
16 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 17 Speak unto Aaron, saying, Whosoever he be of thy seed in their generations that hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God. 18 For whatsoever man he be that hath a blemish, he shall not approach: a blind man, or a lame, or he that hath a flat nose, or any thing superfluous, 19 Or a man that is brokenfooted, or brokenhanded, 20 Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; 21… Read the whole commentary →