Focused Passage

Leviticus 22:10-16

Holy Food, Acceptable Offerings, and Reverence for the LORD's Holy Name

The LORD commands Aaron and his sons to treat Israel's holy offerings with reverence. Priests who are unclean must not eat sacred food until cleansed. The chapter defines which members of priestly households may eat holy food and requires restitution when holy food is eaten wrongly. It then addresses Israel's offerings: animals presented for burnt offerings, vows, freewill offerings, and fellowship offerings must be without defect, properly aged, and handled according to the LORD's commands. The chapter concludes with a call not to profane the LORD's holy name, because He brought Israel out of Egypt to be their God.

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10 No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.

11 But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.

12 If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.

13 But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.

14 If anyone eats a sacred offering in error, he must add a fifth to its value and give the sacred offering to the priest.

15 The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD

16 by allowing the people to eat the sacred offerings and thus to bear the punishment for guilt. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 10

Original words

No לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle one וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct outside [a priest’s family] זָ֖ר H2114 Adjective - masculine singular may eat יֹ֣אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular the sacred offering קֹ֑דֶשׁ H6944 Noun - masculine singular nor לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle may the guest תּוֹשַׁ֥ב H8453 Noun - masculine singular construct of a priest כֹּהֵ֛ן H3548 Noun - masculine singular or his hired hand וְשָׂכִ֖יר H7916 Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular eat יֹ֥אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular [it] קֹֽדֶשׁ׃ H6944 Noun - masculine singular
Verse 11

Original words

But if כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction a priest וְכֹהֵ֗ן H3548 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular buys יִקְנֶ֥ה H7069 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a slave נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙ H5315 Noun - feminine singular with קִנְיַ֣ן H7075 Noun - masculine singular construct his own money כַּסְפּ֔וֹ H3701 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular or if [a slave] הֵ֖ם H1992 Pronoun - third person masculine plural is born וִילִ֣יד H3211 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct in his household בֵּית֔וֹ H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular that [slave] ה֖וּא H1931 Pronoun - third person masculine singular may eat יֹ֣אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular - יֹאכְל֥וּ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural his food בְלַחְמֽוֹ׃ H3899 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Verse 12

Original words

If כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction the priest’s כֹּהֵ֔ן H3548 Noun - masculine singular daughter וּבַת־ H1323 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct is married תִהְיֶ֖ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular to a man לְאִ֣ישׁ H376 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular other [than a priest] זָ֑ר H2114 Adjective - masculine singular she הִ֕וא H1931 Pronoun - third person feminine singular is not לֹ֥א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle to eat תֹאכֵֽל׃ H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular of the sacred הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים H6944 Article | Noun - masculine plural contributions בִּתְרוּמַ֥ת H8641 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Verse 13

Original words

But if כִּ֨י H3588 Conjunction a priest’s כֹּהֵן֩ H3548 Noun - masculine singular daughter וּבַת־ H1323 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct with no אֵ֣ין H369 Adverb - לָהּ֒ Preposition | third person feminine singular children וְזֶרַע֮ H2233 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular becomes תִהְיֶ֜ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular widowed אַלְמָנָ֣ה H490 Noun - feminine singular or divorced וּגְרוּשָׁ֗ה H1644 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular and returns וְשָׁבָ֞ה H7725 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular to אֶל־ H413 Preposition her father’s אָבִ֙יהָ֙ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular house בֵּ֤ית H1004 Noun - masculine singular construct she may share תֹּאכֵ֑ל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular her father’s אָבִ֖יהָ H1 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular food מִלֶּ֥חֶם H3899 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct as in her youth כִּנְעוּרֶ֔יהָ H5271 Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singular But no וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct . . . לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle outsider זָ֖ר H2114 Adjective - masculine singular may share יֹ֥אכַל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular it בּֽוֹ׃ס Preposition | third person masculine singular
Verse 14

Original words

If כִּֽי־ H3588 Conjunction anyone וְאִ֕ישׁ H376 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular eats יֹאכַ֥ל H398 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular a sacred offering קֹ֖דֶשׁ H6944 Noun - masculine singular in error בִּשְׁגָגָ֑ה H7684 Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular he must add וְיָסַ֤ף H3254 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular a fifth חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙ H2549 Number - ordinal feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular to עָלָ֔יו H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular its value and give וְנָתַ֥ן H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular the sacred offering הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ H6944 Article | Noun - masculine singular to the priest לַכֹּהֵ֖ן H3548 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Preposition
Verse 15

Original words

The priests must not וְלֹ֣א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle profane יְחַלְּל֔וּ H2490 Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the sacred offerings קָדְשֵׁ֖י H6944 Noun - masculine plural construct [that] the Israelites בְּנֵ֣י H1121 Noun - masculine plural construct . . . יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל H3478 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֵ֥ת H853 Direct object marker - אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative present יָרִ֖ימוּ H7311 Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural to the LORD לַיהוָֽה׃ H3068 Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Verse 16

Original words

by allowing the people to eat בְּאָכְלָ֖ם H398 Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the sacred offerings קָדְשֵׁיהֶ֑ם H6944 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and thus to bear וְהִשִּׂ֤יאוּ H5375 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural - אוֹתָם֙ H853 Direct object marker | third person masculine plural the punishment עֲוֺ֣ן H5771 Noun - common singular construct for guilt אַשְׁמָ֔ה H819 Noun - feminine singular For כִּ֛י H3588 Conjunction I אֲנִ֥י H589 Pronoun - first person common singular am the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular who sanctifies them מְקַדְּשָֽׁם׃פ H6942 Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural

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