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Leviticus 22:11
11But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
Leviticus 22:11 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.
- English Standard Version (ESV)but if a priest buys a slave as his property for money, the slave may eat of it, and anyone born in his house may eat of his food.
- New King James Version (NKJV)But if the priest buys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food.
Context of Leviticus 22:11
9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them. 10No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. 12If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions. 13But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.
Read all of Leviticus 22Leviticus 22:11 word by word
וְכֹהֵ֗ן כִּֽי־יִקְנֶ֥ה נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ קִנְיַ֣ן כַּסְפּ֔וֹ ה֖וּא יֹ֣אכַל בּ֑וֹ וִילִ֣יד בֵּית֔וֹ הֵ֖ם יֹאכְל֥וּ בְלַחְמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
- But ifכִּיkîy · forH3588
- a priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
- buysקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
- a slaveנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
- withקִנְיָןqinyân · acquisitionH7075
- his own moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
- or ifהֵ֫מָּהhêm hêmmâh · they(masc.)H1992
- is bornיָלִידyâlîyd · bornH3211
- in his householdבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
- thatהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
- may eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- his foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899
Cross-references for Leviticus 22:11
- Genesis 17:13Whether they are born in your household or purchased, they must be circumcised. My covenant in your flesh will be an everlasting covenant.
- Numbers 18:11And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
Commentaries on Leviticus 22:11
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11This shows how completely a purchased bondsman was incorporated into the household. See Exodus 21:2, note; Exodus 21:20-21, note.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11The only male outside the priest's family who could eat the priest's share was the priest's slave. Without this provision, the slave would have no other food.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-1610-13. There shall no stranger eat the holy thing--The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priests was restricted to the exclusive use of his own family. A temporary guest or a hired servant was not at liberty to eat of them; but an exception was made in favor of a bought or homeborn slave, because such was a stated member of his household. On the same principle, his own daughter, who married a husband not a priest, could…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 22
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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