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Leviticus 21:22
22He can eat God's holy food and God's most holy food.
Leviticus 21:22 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
- New International Version (NIV)He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food;
- English Standard Version (ESV)He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
- New King James Version (NKJV)He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy;
Context of Leviticus 21:22
20A priest with a back that is not straight must not offer food to God. Neither must a priest who is very small offer a food gift. A priest who has an eye disease or a skin disease must not offer food to God. Neither must a priest offer food if his testicles are spoiled. 21If a priest's son has something wrong with his body, he must not come near to the altar. He must not give the food offering to the Lord. He can eat God's holy food and God's most holy food. 23But none of Aaron's family who is not perfect can go near the holy curtain or the altar. He would make the holy places unclean. I am the Lord. I make them holy.’ 24Moses told all these rules to Aaron, to his sons and to all Israel's people.
Read all of Leviticus 21Leviticus 21:22 word by word
לֶ֣חֶם אֱלֹהָ֔יו מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖י הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים וּמִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים יֹאכֵֽל׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 21:22
- Leviticus 2:3The flour that he did not burn is for the priests. It is very holy. That is because it is part of an offering to the Lord.
- Leviticus 6:16The priests will make into bread the flour that he did not burn. They must not use yeast to make the bread. They must eat the bread in a holy place, in the yard outside the Tent of Meeting.
- Leviticus 7:1These are the rules for a most holy offering. A person may be sorry for the wrong things that he has done. That person must obey these rules.
- Leviticus 24:8They must put the bread on the table every Sabbath. It is a covenant between Israel's people and the Lord.
- Numbers 18:9I am giving to you the parts that do not burn on the altar. A part of all these gifts will belong to you: grain offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings. These are holy gifts and they belong to you and to your sons.
- Leviticus 22:10Only a person who is from the priest's family can eat the holy gifts. Another person who is living in the priest's house must not eat the holy gifts. If a person is being paid to work for the priest, he must not eat the holy gifts.
- Numbers 18:10All the men in your family may eat these gifts. Remember that they are holy gifts.
Commentaries on Leviticus 21:22
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16-24Verses 16-24 He was not treated as an outcast, but enjoyed his privileges as a son of Aaron, except in regard to active duties. Leviticus 21:20 A dwarf - One who is small and wasted, either short, as in the text, or slender, as in the margin. It is hardly likely that dwarfishness would be overlooked in this enumeration. So most critical authorities. Scurry or scabbed - These words most probably include all affected with any skin disease. Leviticus 21:22…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22He may eat: If a descendant of Aaron had a mutilation or defect, he could not serve as a priest to represent the people (see Leviticus 21:18–20). But his priestly family line still counted. He was allowed to eat the priest’s share of the offerings (see 2:3, 10; 6:17–18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 16-2416-24. Whosoever he be ... hath any blemish, let him not approach to offer the bread of his God--As visible things exert a strong influence on the minds of men, any physical infirmity or malformation of body in the ministers of religion, which disturbs the associations or excites ridicule, tends to detract from the weight and authority of the sacred office. Priests laboring under any personal defect were not allowed to officiate in the public service…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 21
- 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
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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