Leviticus 22:13

But, when a priest’s daughter, cometh to be a widow or divorced and hath no seed, and so she returneth unto the house of her father, as in her youth, of the food of her father, she may eat,—but no stranger, shall eat thereof.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, when, a priest’s daughter, belongeth to a husband, who is a stranger, she, of the heave-offering of the hallowed things, may not eat.

14And, when, any man, eateth what is hallowed, by mistake, then shall he add the fifth part of it thereunto, and give unto the priest the hallowed thing:

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Cross References

Exodus 12:43And Yahweh said unto Moses and Aaron: This, is the statute of the passover,—No stranger, shall eat thereof;

Leviticus 10:14And the wave-breast, and the heave-shoulder, shall ye eat in clean place, thou, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee,—for as thine by statute and thy sons’ by statute, have they been given, from among the peace-offerings of the sons of Israel.

Deuteronomy 24:2And, when she cometh forth out of his house, then may she go her way, and become another man’s.

Ezra 2:63and the governor told them, that they must not eat of the most holy things,—until there should stand up a priest, with Lights and Perfections.

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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