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Leviticus 22:11
11But if the priest shall buy any person with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his food.1
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 keep my ordinance, lest they bear sin for it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I the LORD sanctifieth them. 10There shall no stranger eatof the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. But if the priest shall buy any person with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his food. 12If the priest’s daughter also shall be married to a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things. 13But if the priest’s daughter shall be a widow, or divorced, and shall have no child, and have returned to her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s food: but there shall no stranger eat of 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
Cross-references for Leviticus 22:11
- Genesis 17:13He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Numbers 18:11And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them to thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of 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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- 1. Leviticus 22:11 with...: Heb. with the purchase of his money ↩
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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