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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/leviticus/22.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />If a priest&#8217s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter marries someone outside the priestly family, she may no longer eat the sacred offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />If the priest's daughter also be <i>married</i> unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />If the priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy offerings.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the holy <i>gifts.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />If a priest&#8217s daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the gifts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And if a priest’s daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the <i>gifts.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the contribution of the holy <i>gifts</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter is married to a layman [one not part of the priestly tribe], she shall not eat the offering of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the priest’s daughter is married to a man outside a priest’s family, she is not to eat from the holy contributions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the priest&#8217s daughter is married to a man outside a priest&#8217s family, she is not to eat from the holy contributions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />If your daughter marries someone who isn't a priest, she can no longer have any of this food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />However, if a priest's daughter marries a layman, she must never eat the food taken from the holy contributions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />A priest's daughter who marries someone who is not a priest may not eat any of the sacred offerings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If a priest's daughter marries a resident alien, she is not to eat the sacred raised offerings. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />If the priest?s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />If a priest's daughter marries a lay person, she may not eat the holy contribution offerings,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />If a priest's daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />If the priest's daughter also shall be married to a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And a priest’s daughter, when she is a strange man’s, she does not eat of the raised-offering of the holy things;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'And a priest's daughter, when she is a strange man's, -- she, of the heave-offering of the holy things doth not eat;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And if the priest's daughter shall be for a man, a stranger, she shall not eat from the offering of the holies.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />If the daughter of a priest be married to any of the people, she shall not eat of those things that are sanctified, nor of the firstfruits. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />If the daughter of a priest has been married to any of the people, she shall not eat from what has been sanctified, nor from the first-fruits.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />A priest’s daughter who is married to an unauthorized person may not eat of the sacred contributions.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />If a priest’s daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the sacred donations;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />If a priest's daughter is married to a stranger, she also may not eat of an offering of the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the daughter of the Priest, when she will belong to a man who is a foreigner, also she shall not eat from an offering of holiness.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And if a priest's daughter be married unto a common man, she shall not eat of that which is set apart from the holy things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And if the daughter of a priest should marry a stranger, she shall not eat of the offerings of the sanctuary.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/22-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWs_V1RyMFo?start=5839" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Restrictions Against the Unclean</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">11</span>But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. <span class="reftext">12</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">If</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: kō·hên (N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">the priest’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ū·ḇaṯ- (Conj-w:: N-fsc) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">daughter</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: ṯih·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">is married</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: lə·’îš (Prep-l:: N-ms) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">to a man</a> <a href="/hebrew/2114.htm" title="2114: zār (Adj-ms) -- A primitive root; to turn aside; hence to be a foreigner, strange, profane; specifically to commit adultery.">other than a priest,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">she</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">is not</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: ṯō·ḵêl (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">to eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/6944.htm" title="6944: haq·qo·ḏā·šîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Apartness, sacredness. From qadash; a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity.">of the sacred</a> <a href="/hebrew/8641.htm" title="8641: biṯ·rū·maṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Contribution, offering (for sacred uses). Or trumah; from ruwm; a present, especially in sacrifice or as tribute.">contributions.</a> </span><span class="reftext">13</span>But if a priest’s daughter with no children becomes widowed or divorced and returns to her father’s house, she may share her father’s food as in her youth. But no outsider may share it.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Numbers 18:11-13</a></span><br />And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it. / I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits. / The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-33.htm">Exodus 29:33</a></span><br />They must eat those things by which atonement was made for their ordination and consecration. But no outsider may eat them, because these things are sacred.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Leviticus 10:14</a></span><br />And you and your sons and daughters may eat the breast of the wave offering and the thigh of the contribution in a ceremonially clean place, because these portions have been assigned to you and your children from the peace offerings of the sons of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-3.htm">Deuteronomy 18:3-4</a></span><br />This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach. / You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/2-36.htm">1 Samuel 2:36</a></span><br />And everyone left in your house will come and bow down to him for a piece of silver or a morsel of bread, pleading, “Please appoint me to some priestly office so that I can eat a piece of bread.”’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/13-29.htm">Nehemiah 13:29</a></span><br />Remember them, O my God, because they have defiled the priesthood and the covenant of the priesthood and of the Levites.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-29.htm">Ezekiel 44:29-30</a></span><br />They shall eat the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings. Everything in Israel devoted to the LORD will belong to them. / The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/2-1.htm">Malachi 2:1-9</a></span><br />“And now this decree is for you, O priests: / If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. / Behold, I will rebuke your descendants, and I will spread dung on your faces, the waste from your feasts, and you will be carried off with it. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/12-4.htm">Matthew 12:4</a></span><br />He entered the house of God, and he and his companions ate the consecrated bread, which was not lawful for them to eat, but only for the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/10-7.htm">Luke 10:7</a></span><br />Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/9-13.htm">1 Corinthians 9:13-14</a></span><br />Do 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? / In the same way, the Lord has prescribed that those who preach the gospel should receive their living from the gospel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/7-5.htm">Hebrews 7:5</a></span><br />Now the law commands the sons of Levi who become priests to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they too are descended from Abraham.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/13-10.htm">Hebrews 13:10</a></span><br />We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a></span><br />But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-6.htm">Revelation 1:6</a></span><br />who has made us to be a kingdom, priests to His God and Father—to Him be the glory and power forever and ever! Amen.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">If the priest's daughter also be married to a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.</p><p class="hdg">a stranger.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Common</a> <a href="/exodus/36-3.htm">Contributions</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-2.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-11.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-7.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-15.htm">Heave</a> <a href="/leviticus/10-14.htm">Heave-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Layman</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Married</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-13.htm">Marries</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-7.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Outsider</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Apart</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Common</a> <a href="/numbers/5-9.htm">Contributions</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Gifts</a> <a href="/numbers/5-9.htm">Heave</a> <a href="/numbers/5-9.htm">Heave-Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Holy</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Layman</a> <a href="/numbers/5-20.htm">Married</a> <a href="/numbers/30-6.htm">Marries</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-15.htm">Offerings</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Outsider</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Priest</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-14.htm">Sacred</a> <a href="/leviticus/26-38.htm">Strange</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Stranger</a><div class="vheading2">Leviticus 22</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-1.htm">The priests in their uncleanness must abstain from the holy things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">6. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">How they shall be cleansed</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Who of the priest's house may eat of the holy things</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-17.htm">The sacrifices must be without blemish</a></span><br><span class="reftext">26. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-26.htm">The age of the sacrifice</a></span><br><span class="reftext">29. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/leviticus/22-29.htm">The law of eating the sacrifice of thanksgiving</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/22.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/leviticus/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/leviticus/22.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest</b><br>In ancient Israel, the priesthood was a distinct and holy calling, set apart for service to God. The priests, from the tribe of Levi, had specific roles and responsibilities, including offering sacrifices and maintaining the sanctity of the tabernacle and later the temple. A priest's family, including his daughter, was considered part of this sacred community. However, if a priest's daughter married outside of this community, to a man who was not a priest, she would no longer be part of the priestly household. This reflects the importance of maintaining the purity and distinctiveness of the priestly line, as seen in other passages such as <a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Numbers 18:11-13</a>, which outlines the privileges and responsibilities of the priestly family.<p><b>she is not to eat of the sacred contributions</b><br>The sacred contributions refer to portions of the offerings that were designated for the priests and their families, as described in <a href="/leviticus/7-31.htm">Leviticus 7:31-34</a>. These included parts of the peace offerings and other sacrifices that were considered holy and set apart for those serving in the temple. By marrying outside the priestly line, the daughter would no longer have the right to partake in these holy offerings, emphasizing the separation between the sacred duties of the priesthood and the rest of the community. This regulation underscores the holiness required of those who serve in God's presence and the need to respect the boundaries set by God for His people. It also foreshadows the New Testament teaching of being set apart for God's service, as seen in <a href="/1_peter/2-9.htm">1 Peter 2:9</a>, where believers are called a "royal priesthood."<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest's_daughter.htm">Priest's Daughter</a></b><br>A female descendant of a priest, who is subject to specific laws regarding her conduct and privileges.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>A male member of the tribe of Levi, specifically from the line of Aaron, responsible for performing sacrifices and maintaining the holiness of the sanctuary.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/sacred_contributions.htm">Sacred Contributions</a></b><br>Offerings made by the Israelites, which were designated for the sustenance of the priests and their families.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/m/marriage.htm">Marriage</a></b><br>The union of the priest's daughter to a man who is not a priest, which affects her rights to partake in the sacred offerings.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelite_community.htm">Israelite Community</a></b><br>The broader context in which these laws were given, emphasizing the holiness and separation of the priestly class.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a></b><br>The priestly family was set apart for service to God, and their lifestyle reflected this separation. Believers today are called to live lives that are distinct and holy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identity_and_privilege.htm">Identity and Privilege</a></b><br>The identity of the priest's daughter was tied to her father's role. Similarly, our identity in Christ grants us certain spiritual privileges and responsibilities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/change_of_status.htm">Change of Status</a></b><br>Marriage to a non-priest changed the daughter's status and privileges. This illustrates how our choices can affect our spiritual standing and access to God's blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_responsibility.htm">Community and Responsibility</a></b><br>The laws regarding sacred contributions emphasize the community's role in supporting the priesthood, reminding us of our responsibility to support those in spiritual leadership.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_nourishment.htm">Spiritual Nourishment</a></b><br>Just as the priest's family was nourished by the offerings, believers are nourished by the Word and the sacraments, which are sacred and should be approached with reverence.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_leviticus_22.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Leviticus 22</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_childbirth_'unclean'_in_leviticus.htm">In Leviticus 12:2, why does the text declare a mother 'unclean' immediately after childbirth if bearing children was divinely mandated (Genesis 1:28)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_purification_longer_for_daughters.htm">Why does Leviticus 12:5 require a longer period of purification for a daughter than for a son, and how is this disparity justified?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_god_order_human_sacrifice.htm">Did God command human sacrifice? (Genesis 22:2 vs. Deuteronomy 12:31)</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_gen_22_align_with_deut_12_31.htm">How does Genesis 22 align with later scriptures condemning human sacrifice (e.g., Deuteronomy 12:31)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/leviticus/22.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) <span class= "bld">If the priest's daughter also be married.</span>--Better, <span class= "ital">And if the priest's daughter be married, </span>By marrying a Hebrew of non-Aaronic descent, and thus leaving her paternal home, the daughter of the priest ceased to be part of the family circle, and lost her right to partake of the holy things. Her bread came from her husband, and she could therefore no longer partake of the priest's bread. During the second Temple the term "stranger" in this verse was also interpreted to include a man who ought to be a stranger to her, and hence it was enacted that if the priest's daughter had gone astray with a stranger (see <a href="/leviticus/21-7.htm" title="They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy to his God.">Leviticus 21:7</a>; <a href="/leviticus/21-9.htm" title="And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profanes her father: she shall be burnt with fire.">Leviticus 21:9</a>), she is for ever forbidden to eat of the holy food.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/22-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">If</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(kî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the priest’s</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּהֵ֔ן</span> <span class="translit">(kō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3548.htm">Strong's 3548: </a> </span><span class="str2">Priest</span><br /><br /><span class="word">daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַת־</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇaṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is married</span><br /><span class="heb">תִהְיֶ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(ṯih·yeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to a man</span><br /><span class="heb">לְאִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">other [than a priest],</span><br /><span class="heb">זָ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(zār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2114.htm">Strong's 2114: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn aside, to be a, foreigner, strange, profane, to commit adultery</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she</span><br /><span class="heb">הִ֕וא</span> <span class="translit">(hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> </span><span class="str2">He, self, the same, this, that, as, are</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is not</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to eat</span><br /><span class="heb">תֹאכֵֽל׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·ḵêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the sacred</span><br /><span class="heb">הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(haq·qo·ḏā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6944.htm">Strong's 6944: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sacred place, thing, sanctity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">contributions.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּתְרוּמַ֥ת</span> <span class="translit">(biṯ·rū·maṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8641.htm">Strong's 8641: </a> </span><span class="str2">Contribution, offering (for sacred uses)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/22-12.htm">Leviticus 22:12 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 22:12 If a priest's daughter is married (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/22-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 22:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 22:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>