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Restrictions against Those with Blemishes

Leviticus 21:22

In 11 translations

BSB
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
KJV
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
WEB
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
ASV
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:
LSV
Bread of his God—from the most holy things and from the holy things—he eats;
YLT
'Bread of his God — of the most holy things, and of the holy things — he doth eat;
DBY
The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;Elohim
DRC
He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,
GNV
The bread of his God, euen of the most holie, and of the holy shall he eate:
JPS
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
LXXE
The gifts of God are most holy, and he shall eat of the holy things.

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Original-language editions

WLC
לֶ֣חֶם אֱלֹהָ֔יו מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖י הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים וּמִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים יֹאכֵֽל׃
LXX-Br
Τὰ δῶρα τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰ ἅγια τῶν ἁγίων, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν ἁγίων φάγεται.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
  • Leviticus 7:1“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
  • Leviticus 2:10But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
  • Leviticus 6:16–17Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting. It must not be baked with leaven; I have assigned it as their…
  • Numbers 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
  • Leviticus 22:10–13No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave…
  • Leviticus 24:8–9Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant. It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part…
  • 1 Corinthians 9:13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
  • Numbers 18:9–10A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs…
  • Leviticus 6:29Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.

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