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Leviticus 21:22

Leviticus chapter 21 · verse 22 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

Context

v.21no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

v.22This passage

v.23only he shall not go in unto the veil, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Leviticus 22:10

    There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest’s, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

  • Numbers 18:9

    This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, even every meal-offering of theirs, and every sin-offering of theirs, and every trespass-offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:13

    Know ye not that they that minister about sacred things eat of the things of the temple, and they that wait upon the altar have their portion with the altar?

  • Leviticus 6:29

    Every male among the priests shall eat thereof: it is most holy.

  • Leviticus 2:3

    and that which is left of the meal-offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of Jehovah made by fire.

  • Numbers 18:19

    All the heave-offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto Jehovah, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, as a portion for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before Jehovah unto thee and to thy seed with thee.