Leviticus 22:13

Easy To Read Version

A priest’s daughter might become a widow, [393] or she might become divorced. If she does not have any children {to support her} and she goes back to her father’s house {where she lived} as a child, then she can eat some of her father’s food. But only people from a priest’s family can eat this food.

Cross References

Genesis 38:11

Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, “Go back to your father’s house. Stay there and don’t marry until my young son Shelah grows up.” Judah was afraid that Shelah would also be killed like his brothers. Tamar went back to her father’s home.

Ezra 2:63

The governor ordered these people not to eat any of the holy food. They could not eat any of this food until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim {\cf2\super [7]} to ask God what to do.

Exodus 12:43

The Lord told Moses and Aaron, “Here are the rules for Passover: No foreigner is to eat the Passover.

Exodus 29:33

These offerings were used to take away their sins when they were made priests. Now they should eat those offerings.

Ezekiel 44:8

You did not take care of my holy things. No, you let foreigners have responsibility of my holy place!’”

Leviticus 10:14

“Also you, your sons, and your daughters will be able to eat the breast from the wave offerings. {You don’t have to eat these in a holy place,} but you must eat them in a clean [122] place. Why? Because they come from the fellowship offerings. The people of Israel give those gifts to God. {The people eat part of those animals,} but the breast is your share.

Leviticus 22:10

Only people from a priest’s family can eat the holy food. A visitor staying with the priest or a hired worker must not eat any of the holy food.

Leviticus 22:12

A priest’s daughter might marry a person who is not a priest. If she does that, then she can’t eat any of the holy offerings.

Deuteronomy 24:2

When she has left his house, she may go and become another man’s wife.

1 Samuel 21:7

There was no bread except the Holy Bread. [183] So the priest gave David that bread. This was the bread that the priests put on the holy table before the Lord. Each day they took this bread away and put fresh bread in its place.