Leviticus 22:11

But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

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.

12+ 22:12. Lev 22:12 (Lev 22:12-13, 22:14-15) (#2b.149): The daughter of a Cohen ·Priest· married to a layman ·non-priest· shall not eat consecrated food that her father and his family do eat If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.

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Cross References

Genesis 17:13He who is born in your house, and he who is bought with your money, must be circumcised. My covenant will be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.

Leviticus 21:22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

Numbers 18:11“This is yours, too: the wave offering of their gift, even all the wave offerings of the children of Israel [God prevails]. I have given them to you, and to your sons and to your daughters with you, as a chok ·portion· forever. Everyone who is clean in your house shall eat of it.

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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