Leviticus 22:12

Leviticus 22:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
• New International Version (NIV)If a priest’s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions.
• English Standard Version (ESV)If a priest's daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.
• New King James Version (NKJV)If the priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy offerings.

Context of Leviticus 22:12

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. 11A 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. A 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. 14A person might make a mistake and eat a holy gift. He must give back to the priest the same food. He must also give one fifth more.

Leviticus 22:12 word by word

וּבַת־כֹּהֵ֔ן כִּ֥י תִהְיֶ֖ה לְאִ֣ישׁ זָ֑ר הִ֕וא בִּתְרוּמַ֥ת הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים לֹ֥א תֹאכֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• If the priest’sכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• daughterבַּתbath · daughterH1323
• unto a strangerזוּרzûr · be a strangerH2114
• unto a strangerאִישׁ'îysh · man: husbandH376
• she may not eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of an offeringתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• of the holy thingsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:12

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12A stranger - One of another family.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33This section, which discusses priestly rules, six times repeats the phrase I am the Lord who sanctifies (Leviticus 21:15, 23; 22:9, 16, 32; see also 21:8). These words emphasize the link between God's holiness and the holiness expected of priests. This extended to all of Israel (see 8:10; 11:44–45; 19:2). The text specifically addresses priests in 21:1–22:16, while including both clergy and common people in 22:17–33.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 22:12

• Priest
• Strangers

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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