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New Living Translation

Leviticus 21:22

However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Blemish;   Bread;   Priest;   Sanctification;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Funeral;   Priest, Christ as;   Worship;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Blemish;   Priest;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Blemish;   Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Priest;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Blemish;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Priesthood, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Leviticus;   Priest, High;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Blemish;   Peace-Offering;   Priest;   Salt;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:
King James Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
Lexham English Bible
He may eat his God's food, from the most holy things and from the holy things.
New Century Version
He may eat the most holy food and also the holy food.
New English Translation
He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,
Amplified Bible
'He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
New American Standard Bible
'He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The bread of his God, euen of the most holie, and of the holy shall he eate:
Legacy Standard Bible
He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,
Contemporary English Version
They may eat the food offerings presented to me,
Complete Jewish Bible
He may eat the bread of his God, both the especially holy and the holy;
Darby Translation
The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;
Easy-to-Read Version
He is from the family of priests, so he can eat the holy bread. He can also eat the very holy bread.
English Standard Version
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
George Lamsa Translation
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy.
Good News Translation
Such a man may eat the food offered to me, both the holy food offering and the very holy food offering,
Christian Standard Bible®
He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.
Literal Translation
He shall eat of the bread of his God, of the most holy things, and of the holy things.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Notwithstondinge he shal eate of the bred of his God, both of the holy, & of ye most holy:
American Standard Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:
Bible in Basic English
He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Let him eate the bread of his God, euen of the most holy, and of the holy:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
King James Version (1611)
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most Holy, and of the holy:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The gifts of God are most holy, and he shall eat of the holy things.
English Revised Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
Berean Standard Bible
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
netheles he schal ete the looues that ben offrid in the seyntuarie,
Young's Literal Translation
`Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat;
Update Bible Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:
Webster's Bible Translation
He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the most holy, and of the holy.
World English Bible
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:
New King James Version
He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy;
New Life Bible
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy.
New Revised Standard
He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of the food of his God, both of the most holy, - and the holy, may he eat:
Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves that are offered in the sanctuary.
Revised Standard Version
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

Contextual Overview

16 Then the Lord said to Moses, 17 "Give the following instructions to Aaron: In all future generations, none of your descendants who has any defect will qualify to offer food to his God. 18 No one who has a defect qualifies, whether he is blind, lame, disfigured, deformed, 19 or has a broken foot or arm, 20 or is hunchbacked or dwarfed, or has a defective eye, or skin sores or scabs, or damaged testicles. 21 No descendant of Aaron who has a defect may approach the altar to present special gifts to the Lord . Since he has a defect, he may not approach the altar to offer food to his God. 22 However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings. 23 Yet because of his physical defect, he may not enter the room behind the inner curtain or approach the altar, for this would defile my holy places. I am the Lord who makes them holy." 24 So Moses gave these instructions to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

both: Leviticus 2:3, Leviticus 2:10, Leviticus 6:16, Leviticus 6:17, Leviticus 6:29, Leviticus 7:1, Leviticus 24:8, Leviticus 24:9, Numbers 18:9, Numbers 18:10

and of the holy: Leviticus 22:10-13, Numbers 18:10, Numbers 18:19

Reciprocal: Leviticus 3:11 - the food Leviticus 6:18 - the males Leviticus 6:25 - it is Leviticus 10:12 - Take Leviticus 14:13 - it is most holy Leviticus 22:4 - holy things Leviticus 22:7 - General Leviticus 22:25 - the bread 2 Chronicles 31:16 - his daily Ezekiel 42:13 - the most holy

Cross-References

Genesis 20:2
Abraham introduced his wife, Sarah, by saying, "She is my sister." So King Abimelech of Gerar sent for Sarah and had her brought to him at his palace.
Genesis 20:17
Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female servants, so they could have children.
Genesis 21:2
She became pregnant, and she gave birth to a son for Abraham in his old age. This happened at just the time God had said it would.
Genesis 21:3
And Abraham named their son Isaac.
Genesis 26:26
One day King Abimelech came from Gerar with his adviser, Ahuzzath, and also Phicol, his army commander.
Genesis 26:28
They replied, "We can plainly see that the Lord is with you. So we want to enter into a sworn treaty with you. Let's make a covenant.
Genesis 28:15
What's more, I am with you, and I will protect you wherever you go. One day I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have finished giving you everything I have promised you."
Genesis 30:27
"Please listen to me," Laban replied. "I have become wealthy, for the Lord has blessed me because of you.
Joshua 3:7
The Lord told Joshua, "Today I will begin to make you a great leader in the eyes of all the Israelites. They will know that I am with you, just as I was with Moses.
2 Chronicles 1:1
Solomon son of David took firm control of his kingdom, for the Lord his God was with him and made him very powerful.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He shall eat the bread of his God,.... That part of the sacrifices which was appropriated by the Lord to the priests, for the maintenance of them and their families; for though their natural infirmities disqualified them for service, yet they did not become hereby impure, either in a moral nor ceremonial sense, and might eat of the sacrifices, which impure persons might not; and so the tradition is, blemished persons, whether their blemishes are fixed or transient, may divide and eat, but not offer g; these being priests, and having no inheritance, nor any way of getting their livelihood, provision is made for them that they might not perish through their defects in nature, which were not voluntary and brought upon them by themselves, but by the providence of God; and such were allowed to eat

[both] of the most holy and of the holy; there were things the priests eat of, which were most holy, as what remained of the meat offerings, and of the sin offerings, and of the trespass offerings, which only the males of the priest's family might eat of, and that only in the holy place; and there were others less holy, the lighter holy things, as the Jews call them, as the wave breast, and heave shoulder, and the tithes and firstfruits, which were eaten of by all in their families, their daughters as well as their sons, and in their own houses; now of each of these might the blemished priests eat; see Numbers 18:9, &c.

g Misn. Zebachim, c. 12. sect. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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

See Leviticus 2:3 note; Leviticus 6:25 note.

Leviticus 21:23

Sanctuaries - The places especially holy, including the most holy place, the holy place, and the altar.

This law is of course to be regarded as one development of the great principle that all which is devoted to the service of God should be as perfect as possible of its kind.


 
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