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

9They shall therefore perform their duty to Me, so that they do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them. 10‘No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a foreign resident with the priest or a hired worker shall not eat the holy gift. But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food. 12If a priest’s daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the holy gifts. 13But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s food; but no layman shall eat of it.

Leviticus 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
• slaveנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: personH5315
• propertyקִנְיָןqinyân · acquisitionH7075
• with his moneyכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701
• that personהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• may eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• who are bornיָלִידyâlîyd · bornH3211
• in his houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:11

• Genesis 17:13A slave who is born in your house or who is bought with your money shall certainly be circumcised; so My covenant shall be in your flesh as an everlasting covenant.
• Numbers 18:11This also is yours, the offering of their gift, that is, all the wave offerings of the sons of Israel; I have given them to you and to your sons and daughters with you as a permanent allotment. Everyone of your household who is clean 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

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