Leviticus 21:22
'Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;
Young's Literal Translation
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 the remnant of the present [is] for Aaron and for his sons, most holy, of the fire-offerings of Jehovah.
Leviticus 6:16'And the remnant of it do Aaron and his sons eat; [with] unleavened things it is eaten, in the holy place, in the court of the tent of meeting they do eat it.
Leviticus 7:1'And this [is] a law of the guilt-offering: it [is] most holy;
Leviticus 10:12And Moses speaketh unto Aaron, and unto Eleazar, and unto Ithamar his sons, who are left, 'Take ye the present that is left from the fire-offerings of Jehovah, and eat it unleavened near the altar, for it [is] most holy,
Leviticus 14:13'And he hath slaughtered the lamb in the place where he slaughtereth the sin-offering and the burnt-offering, in the holy place; for like the sin-offering the guilt-offering is to the priest; it [is] most holy.
Leviticus 22:10'And no stranger doth eat of the holy thing; a settler of a priest and an hireling doth 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 →