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And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/leviticus/22.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />but if a priest buys a slave as his property for money, the slave may eat of it, and anyone born in his house may eat of his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />But if the priest buy <i>any</i> soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/leviticus/22.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />But if the priest buys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/leviticus/22.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if a priest buys a slave as <i>his</i> property with his money, that person may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/leviticus/22.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘But if a priest buys a slave as <i>his</i> property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/leviticus/22.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />But if a priest buys a person as <i>his</i> property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/leviticus/22.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, the slave may eat the holy thing, and those who are born in the priest’s house; they may eat his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/leviticus/22.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if a priest purchases someone with his own silver, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/leviticus/22.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But if a priest purchases someone with his money, that person may eat it, and those born in his house may eat his food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/leviticus/22.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/leviticus/22.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />However, any slave that you own, including those born into your household, may eat this food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/leviticus/22.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/leviticus/22.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />But if a priest buys a slave, the slave and anyone born in his household may eat the priest's food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/leviticus/22.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />But a priest's slaves, bought with his own money or born in his home, may eat the food the priest receives. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/leviticus/22.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />If a priest acquires a slave as property with his own money, he may eat with him. Those who were born in his house may eat his food. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/leviticus/22.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/leviticus/22.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />but if a priest buys a person with his own money, that person may eat the holy offerings, and those born in the priest's own house may eat his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/leviticus/22.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/leviticus/22.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />But if the priest shall 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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/leviticus/22.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/leviticus/22.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />but when a priest buys a person, the purchase of his money, he eats of it, also one born in his house; they eat of his bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/leviticus/22.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/leviticus/22.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And when the priest shall buy a soul, the purchase of his silver, he shall eat of it, and they born in his house; they shall eat from his bread.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/leviticus/22.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />But he whom the priest hath bought, and he that is his servant, born in his house, these shall eat of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/leviticus/22.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But whomever the priest has bought, and whoever has been born into his house, these shall eat from them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/leviticus/22.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But a slave whom a priest acquires by purchase or who is born in his house may eat of his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/leviticus/22.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />but if a priest acquires anyone by purchase, the person may eat of them; and those that are born in his house may eat of his food.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/leviticus/22.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />But if a priest buys any person with his money, he shall eat of his food, and those that are born in his house shall eat of his food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/leviticus/22.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And the Priest, when he will buy a person, he who is bought with his money will eat of his bread, and those born in his house, those shall eat of his bread.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/leviticus/22.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he may eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they may eat of his bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/leviticus/22.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />But if a priest should have a soul purchased for money, he shall eat of his bread; and they that are born in his house, they also shall eat of his bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/leviticus/22-11.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=5830" 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">10</span>No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it. <span class="reftext">11</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">But if</a> <a href="/hebrew/3548.htm" title="3548: wə·ḵō·hên (Conj-w:: N-ms) -- Priest. Active participle of kahan; literally, one officiating, a priest; also an acting priest.">a priest</a> <a href="/hebrew/7069.htm" title="7069: yiq·neh (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to erect, i.e. Create; by extension, to procure, especially by purchase; by implication to own.">buys</a> <a href="/hebrew/5315.htm" title="5315: ne·p̄eš (N-fs) -- From naphash; properly, a breathing creature, i.e. Animal of vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense.">a slave</a> <a href="/hebrew/7075.htm" title="7075: qin·yan (N-msc) -- Something gotten or acquired, acquisition. From qanah; creation, i.e. creatures; also acquisition, purchase, wealth.">with</a> <a href="/hebrew/3701.htm" title="3701: kas·pōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- Silver, money. From kacaph; silver; by implication, money.">his own money,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1992.htm" title="1992: hêm (Pro-3mp) -- They. Or hemmah; masculine plural from halak; they.">or if a slave</a> <a href="/hebrew/3211.htm" title="3211: wî·lîḏ (Conj-w:: N-msc) -- Born. From yalad; born.">is born</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bê·ṯōw (N-msc:: 3ms) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">in his household,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hū (Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">that slave</a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">may eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/bōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: ḇə·laḥ·mōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">his food.</a> </span><span class="reftext">12</span>If the priest’s daughter is married to a man other than a priest, she is not to eat of the sacred contributions.…<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="/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="/numbers/18-31.htm">Numbers 18:31</a></span><br />And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/18-1.htm">Deuteronomy 18:1-5</a></span><br />The Levitical priests—indeed the whole tribe of Levi—shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They are to eat the food offerings to the LORD; that is their inheritance. / Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them. / 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. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/18-8.htm">Numbers 18:8-10</a></span><br />Then the LORD said to Aaron, “Behold, I have put you in charge of My offerings. As for all the sacred offerings of the Israelites, I have given them to you and your sons as a portion and a permanent statute. / A 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 to you and your sons. / You are to eat it as a most holy offering, and every male may eat it. You shall regard it as holy.<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="/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="/nehemiah/13-5.htm">Nehemiah 13:5</a></span><br />and had prepared for Tobiah a large room where they had previously stored the grain offerings, the frankincense, the temple articles, and the tithes of grain, new wine, and oil prescribed for the Levites, singers, and gatekeepers, along with the contributions for the priests.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/44-28.htm">Ezekiel 44:28-30</a></span><br />In regard to their inheritance, I am their inheritance. You are to give them no possession in Israel, for I am their possession. / 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="/1_corinthians/10-18.htm">1 Corinthians 10:18</a></span><br />Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?<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="/2_chronicles/31-4.htm">2 Chronicles 31:4-6</a></span><br />Moreover, he commanded the people living in Jerusalem to make a contribution for the priests and Levites so that they could devote themselves to the Law of the LORD. / As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. / And the Israelites and Judahites who lived in the cities of Judah also brought a tithe of their herds and flocks and a tithe of the holy things consecrated to the LORD their God, and they laid them in large heaps.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-10.htm">Malachi 3:10</a></span><br />Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">But 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/17-13.htm">Genesis 17:13</a></b></br> He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/numbers/18-11.htm">Numbers 18:11-13</a></b></br> And this <i>is</i> thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/leviticus/19-34.htm">Born</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-7.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/exodus/21-2.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/genesis/47-20.htm">Buyeth</a> <a href="/revelation/18-11.htm">Buys</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm">House</a> <a href="/leviticus/16-17.htm">Household</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-26.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/12-8.htm">Money</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-11.htm">Property</a> <a href="/exodus/12-44.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/exodus/15-16.htm">Purchased</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Slave</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-6.htm">Soul</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/leviticus/22-27.htm">Born</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Buy</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-28.htm">Buyeth</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-16.htm">Buys</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Food</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">House</a> <a href="/numbers/1-4.htm">Household</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Meat</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-14.htm">Money</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-10.htm">Property</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-33.htm">Purchase</a> <a href="/ruth/4-10.htm">Purchased</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-39.htm">Slave</a> <a href="/leviticus/23-29.htm">Soul</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'; 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A priest purchasing a slave with his own money indicates personal ownership and responsibility. This reflects the economic and social structures of the time, where slavery was a common practice across the ancient Near East. The law ensured that even slaves had certain rights and protections, distinguishing Israelite practices from harsher systems in surrounding nations. The priest's purchase signifies a legal transaction, emphasizing the importance of maintaining purity and order within the priestly household.<p><b>or if a slave is born in his household</b><br>A slave born in the priest's household would be considered part of the extended family unit. This reflects the patriarchal structure of ancient Israelite society, where households often included multiple generations and servants. The birth of a slave within the household implies a long-term relationship and integration into the family. This provision ensures that those born into the household are not excluded from the benefits and responsibilities of the priestly family, highlighting the inclusive nature of God's provision for all members of the community.<p><b>that slave may eat his food</b><br>The allowance for slaves to eat the priest's food signifies their inclusion in the religious and communal life of the household. In the context of Levitical law, "his food" refers to the holy offerings and portions designated for the priest and his family. This provision underscores the sanctity and communal sharing of God's blessings, as even those in servitude are granted access to the holy sustenance. It reflects the broader biblical theme of God's provision and care for all individuals, regardless of social status. This inclusion can be seen as a foreshadowing of the New Testament message of unity and equality in Christ, where all believers are invited to partake in the spiritual blessings of God's kingdom.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/priest.htm">Priest</a></b><br>In the context of Leviticus, priests were descendants of Aaron, tasked with performing sacrifices and maintaining the holiness of the tabernacle. They were set apart for service to God and had specific laws governing their conduct and privileges.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/s/slave.htm">Slave</a></b><br>In ancient Israel, slaves could be acquired through purchase or birth within a household. The term used here in Hebrew is (eved), which can mean servant or slave, indicating a person under the authority of another.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/h/household.htm">Household</a></b><br>Refers to the family and servants living under the authority of the priest. The household was an integral part of the social and economic structure in ancient Israel.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/f/food.htm">Food</a></b><br>Specifically refers to the holy offerings that were designated for the priests and their households. These offerings were part of the sacrificial system established by God for the Israelites.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/l/levitical_law.htm">Levitical Law</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/leviticus/22.htm">Leviticus 22</a> is the set of laws given to the Israelites concerning purity, holiness, and the proper conduct of worship.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/i/inclusivity_in_god's_community.htm">Inclusivity in God's Community</a></b><br>The provision for slaves to eat the priest's food demonstrates God's inclusive nature, allowing those who are part of the household to share in the blessings of the covenant community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_provision.htm">Holiness and Provision</a></b><br>The laws concerning who may eat the holy offerings underscore the importance of holiness and the provision God makes for those who serve Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_leadership_and_responsibility.htm">Spiritual Leadership and Responsibility</a></b><br>Priests had the responsibility to ensure that their households, including slaves, were cared for and included in the spiritual life of Israel.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/equality_in_christ.htm">Equality in Christ</a></b><br>While the Old Testament law made distinctions, the New Testament reveals the ultimate equality of all believers in Christ, encouraging us to view and treat others with dignity and respect.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/stewardship_and_care.htm">Stewardship and Care</a></b><br>The priest's ability to provide for his household, including slaves, reflects the broader biblical principle of stewardship and care for those under one's authority.<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/what_is_the_bible's_authority.htm">What does the Bible say about holiness and sanctification?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_trajectory_hermeneutics.htm">What is Trajectory Hermeneutics?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_severe_punishment_for_unclean_priests.htm">In Leviticus 22:3, why would a loving God issue such a severe punishment for priests who approach holy things while unclean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_lev._22_10_conflict_with_inclusivity.htm">In Leviticus 22:10, does the exclusion of non-priests from eating sacred offerings conflict with later biblical themes of inclusivity?</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>(11) <span class= "bld">But if the priest buy any soul.</span>--The case, however, was different with heathen slaves whom the priest purchased. These were admitted into the Jewish community by the rite of circumcision, they were allowed to partake of the paschal lamb, and of every privilege of the Israelites. Hence they became incorporated in the priestly family, and were allowed to eat of the holy things. During the second Temple this privilege was extended to that kind of domestic <span class= "bld">whom </span>the priest did not actually acquire by his own purchase-money, but whom the wife brought with her as part of her dowry, as well as to those whom the slaves of the priestly family purchased.<p><span class= "bld">Born in his house.</span>--That is, the house-born servant or the child of the slave. (See <a href="/context/genesis/17-12.htm" title="And he that is eight days old shall be circumcised among you, every man child in your generations, he that is born in the house, or bought with money of any stranger, which is not of your seed.">Genesis 17:12-13</a>.) Even when the priest himself could not eat of the holy things by reason of his having contracted some legal defilement, his wife, children, and slaves were permitted to partake of the sacrificial repast.<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/leviticus/22-11.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">But if</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</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">a priest</span><br /><span class="heb">וְכֹהֵ֗ן</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḵō·hên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | 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">purchases</span><br /><span class="heb">יִקְנֶ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(yiq·neh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7069.htm">Strong's 7069: </a> </span><span class="str2">To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own</span><br /><br /><span class="word">someone</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֙פֶשׁ֙</span> <span class="translit">(ne·p̄eš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5315.htm">Strong's 5315: </a> </span><span class="str2">A soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion </span><br /><br /><span class="word">with</span><br /><span class="heb">קִנְיַ֣ן</span> <span class="translit">(qin·yan)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7075.htm">Strong's 7075: </a> </span><span class="str2">Creation, creatures, acquisition, purchase, wealth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">his money,</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּסְפּ֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(kas·pōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3701.htm">Strong's 3701: </a> </span><span class="str2">Silver, money</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or one</span><br /><span class="heb">הֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(hêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1992.htm">Strong's 1992: </a> </span><span class="str2">They</span><br /><br /><span class="word">is born</span><br /><span class="heb">וִילִ֣יד</span> <span class="translit">(wî·lîḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3211.htm">Strong's 3211: </a> </span><span class="str2">Born</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in his household,</span><br /><span class="heb">בֵּית֔וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bê·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that person</span><br /><span class="heb">ה֖וּא</span> <span class="translit">(hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - third person masculine 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">may eat</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹ֣אכַל</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵal)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine 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 it.</span><br /><span class="heb">בּ֑וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(bōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/leviticus/22-11.htm">Leviticus 22:11 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/leviticus/22-11.htm">OT Law: Leviticus 22:11 But if a priest buys a slave (Le Lv Lev.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/leviticus/22-10.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Leviticus 22:10"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:10" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/leviticus/22-12.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Leviticus 22:12"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Leviticus 22:12" /></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>