Leviticus 22:11

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

9Aaron's sons must obey God's rules. If they do not obey them, it is a sin. They will die. I am the Lord who makes people holy. 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. A slave can eat the holy gifts if he was born in the priest's house. Or he can eat the holy gifts if the priest bought him. 12A priest's daughter might marry a man who is not a priest. If she has done that, she must not eat the holy food. 13A priest's daughter's husband might send her away. Or her husband might die. She might not have any children. She may go back to live in her father's house. Then she can eat her father's food.

Leviticus 22:11 word by word

וְכֹהֵ֗ן כִּֽי־יִקְנֶ֥ה נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ קִנְיַ֣ן כַּסְפּ֔וֹ ה֖וּא יֹ֣אכַל בּ֑וֹ וִילִ֣יד בֵּית֔וֹ הֵ֖ם יֹאכְל֥וּ בְלַחְמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But if the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• buyקָנָהqânâh · to buyH7069
• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• withקִנְיָןqinyân · acquisitionH7075
• his moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• he shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of it, and he that is bornיָלִידyâlîyd · bornH3211
• in his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of his meatלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:11

• Genesis 17:13You must circumcise all the male servants who work for you in your house. Circumcision will be a mark in your bodies which shows that you accept my covenant. It will continue for all time.
• Numbers 18:11Also, you will receive part of the special gifts that the Israelites lift up in front of me. I have given it to you and to your sons and daughters, for all time. Every person who lives in your house may eat it. But they must be clean at the time.

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

Topics related to Leviticus 22:11

• Money
• Priest
• Servant

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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