Leviticus 22:11-21

11 but if a priest buys a slave as his property for money, the slave^[a] may eat of it, and ¹anyone born in his house may eat of his food.

12 If a priest's daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.

13 But if a priest's daughter is widowed or divorced and has no child and ²returns to her father's house, ³as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food; yet no lay person shall eat of it.

14 ⁴And if anyone eats of a holy thing unintentionally, he shall add ⁵the fifth of its value to it and give the holy thing to the priest.

15 They ⁶shall not profane the holy things of the people of Israel, which they contribute to the LORD,

16 and so cause them ⁷to bear iniquity and guilt, by eating their holy things: ⁸for I am the LORD who sanctifies them."

Acceptable Offerings

17 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

18 "Speak to Aaron and his sons and all the people of Israel and say to them, ⁹When any one of the house of Israel or of the sojourners in Israel presents a burnt offering as his offering, for any of their vows or freewill offerings that they offer to the LORD,

19 if it is to be accepted for you it shall be a ¹⁰male without blemish, of the bulls or the sheep or the goats.

20 ¹¹You shall not offer anything that has a blemish, for it will not be acceptable for you.

21 And when anyone ¹²offers a sacrifice of peace offerings to the LORD ¹³to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering from the herd or from the flock, to be accepted it must be perfect; there shall be no blemish in it.

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Leviticus 22:11-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 22

In this chapter several laws are delivered out, forbidding the priests to eat of holy things, when in any uncleanness, or at any time what dies of itself, or is torn of beasts, Le 22:1-9; also showing who belonging to the priests might or might not eat of the holy things, Le 22:10-16; and others requiring that whatever offerings were brought by the children, of Israel, they should be perfect and without blemish, Le 22:17-25; and also declaring what age a creature should be of when sacrificed, and the time when thank offerings were to be eaten, Le 22:26-30; concluding with an exhortation to observe the commands of God, and sanctify him, and not profane his name, Le 22:31-33.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 13

1. Numbers 18:11, 13
2. [Genesis 38:11; Ruth 1:8]
3. Leviticus 10:14; Numbers 18:11, 19
4. Leviticus 4:2; Leviticus 5:15, 16, 18
5. Leviticus 27:13, 15, 19
6. Leviticus 19:8; Numbers 18:32
7. [See ver. 9 above]
8. [See ver. 9 above]
9. Leviticus 1:2, 3, 10; Numbers 15:14
10. Leviticus 1:3, 10
11. Deuteronomy 15:21; Deuteronomy 17:1; Malachi 1:8, 14; [Hebrews 9:14; 1 Peter 1:19]
12. Leviticus 3:1, 6
13. Leviticus 7:16; Numbers 15:3, 8; Deuteronomy 23:21, 23; Psalms 61:8; Psalms 65:1; Ecclesiastes 5:4, 5

Footnotes 1

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