Leviticus 22:12

'And a priest's daughter, when she is a strange man's, — she, of the heave-offering of the holy things doth not eat;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.

In Context

11and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread.

13and a priest's daughter, when she is a widow, or cast out, and hath no seed, and hath turned back unto the house of her father, as [in] her youth, of her father's bread she doth eat; but no stranger doth eat of it.

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Cross References

Isaiah 40:13Who hath meted out the Spirit of Jehovah, And, [being] His counsellor, doth teach Him!

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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