Leviticus 21:22

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

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He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

In Context

21No man of the offspring of Aaron [Light-bringer] the priest who has a defect shall come near to offer the offerings of Adonai made by fire. Since he has a defect, he shall not come near to offer the bread of his God.

23+ 21:23. Lev 21:23 (Lev 21:22-23, 21:18-20) (#3.232): A Cohen ·Priest· with a disqualifying defect shall not enter the Temple up to the altar or beyond T. Example: List of disqualifying defects: blind, lame, a mutilated face, a limb too long, a broken foot, a broken arm, a hunched back, stunted growth, a cataract in his eye, festering or running sores, or damaged testicles (v18-20) He shall not come near to the veil, nor come near to the altar, because he has a defect; that he may not profane my sanctuaries, for I am Yahweh M'Kaddesham [Yahweh our Santifier / He sustains breathing who makes them holy].’”

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Cross References

Leviticus 2:10That which is left of the meal offering shall be Aaron [Light-bringer]’s and his sons’. It is a thing most holy of the offerings of Adonai made by fire.

Leviticus 6:16+ 6:16. Lev 6:16 (Lev 6:14-19) [Heb Bible Lev 6:9 (Lev 6:7-11)] (#1.8): Aaron and his sons shall eat the remained of the grain offering That which is left of it Aaron [Light-bringer] and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in the court of the Tent of Meeting.

Leviticus 7:1“‘This is the Torah ·Teaching· of the fault incurring guilt offering. It is most holy.

Leviticus 10:12Moses [Drawn out] spoke to Aaron [Light-bringer], and to Eleazar [Help of God] and to Ithamar, his sons who were left, “Take the meal offering that remains of the offerings of Adonai made by fire, and eat it without yeast beside the altar; for it is most holy;

Leviticus 14:13He shall kill the male lamb in the place where they kill the habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering and the burnt offering, in the place of the sanctuary; for as the habitual sin ·miss the mark· offering is the priest’s, so is the fault incurring guilt offering. It is most holy.

Leviticus 22:10+ 22:10. Lev 22:10 (Lev 22:10-16) (#2b.147): An unauthorized person, anyone who is not a Cohen ·Priest·, shall not eat any of the trumah ·holy offerings· “‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: + 22:10. Lev 22:10 (Lev 22:10-16) (#2b.148): T. The tenant of a Cohen ·Priest· nor his hired worker shall not eat any of the holy offerings / R. A hired worker or a Jewish bondsman of a Cohen ·Priest· must not eat trumah ·holy offerings· a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy 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 →

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