Leviticus 22:12

12 And a priest's daughter who is [married] to a stranger may not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.

Leviticus 22:12 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 22:12

If the priest's daughter also be [married] to a stranger
Not to an Heathen, but to any Israelite, that is, a common man, or a layman, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, one that is not a priest; but is married either to a Levite, or an Israelite, as Jarchi: she may not eat of an offering of the holy things;
the heave shoulder or wave breast being removed into another family by marriage, she is not reckoned of her father's family, and so had no more a right to eat of the holy things.

Leviticus 22:12 In-Context

10 And no stranger shall eat the holy thing; the sojourner with the priest, and the hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
11 But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food.
12 And a priest's daughter who is [married] to a stranger may not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.
13 But a priest's daughter that becometh a widow, or is divorced, and hath no seed, and returneth unto her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; but no stranger shall eat thereof.
14 And if a man eat of a holy thing through inadvertence, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Used also for 'offering' in general: see Note, ch. 8.27.
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