Leviticus 21:22
“He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most Holy, and of the holy:”
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Leviticus 21:22 Context
20Or crooke backt, or a dwarfe, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scuruy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken: 21No man that hath a blemish, of the seed of Aaron the Priest, shall come nigh to offer the offrings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God. 22He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most Holy, and of the holy: 23Onely he shall not goe in vnto the Uaile, nor come nigh vnto the Altar, because he hath a blemish, that he prophane not my Sanctuaries: for I the Lord doe sanctifie them. 24And Moses told it vnto Aaron, and to his sonnes, and vnto all the children of Israel.
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Other Translations for Leviticus 21:22
He shall eat the bread of his God, [both] of the most holy, and of the holy.
- King James Version
'He may eat the food of his God, {both} of the most holy and of the holy,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:
- American Standard Version (1901)
He may take of the bread of God, the holy and the most holy;
- Basic English Bible
The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;
- Darby Bible
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
- Webster's Bible
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
- World English Bible
`Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat;
- Youngs Literal Bible
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Leviticus 21:22
21:22 He shall eat - Which a priest having any uncleanness might not do whereby God would shew the great difference between natural infirmities sent upon a man by God, and moral defilements which a man brought upon himself.