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Leviticus 22:13 KJV
Leviticus · chapter 22 · verse 13
But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.Leviticus 22:13 · King James Version
Leviticus 22:13 in context
11But 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.
12If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
13But if the priest’s daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father’s house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father’s meat: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.
14And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give it unto the priest with the holy thing.
15And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- priest'skôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- daughterbatha daughterH1323 →
- divorcedgârashto drive out from a possessionH1644 →
- returnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- widowʼalmânâha widowH490 →
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The holy things were to be eaten by the priests and their families. Now, I. Here is a law that no stranger should eat of them, that is, no person whatsoever but the priests only, and those that pertained to them, Lev 22:10.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 10-16