Leviticus 22:10

God's Word

“Laypeople must never eat any holy offering, even if they are visiting a priest or are working for him.

Cross References

Matthew 12:4

Haven’t you read how he went into the house of God and ate  the bread of the presence? He and his men had no right to eat those loaves. Only the priests have that right.

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him holy ⌞bread⌟ because he only had the bread of the presence which had been taken from the Lord’s presence and replaced with warm bread that day.

Exodus 29:33

They will eat those offerings through which they made peace with the Lord at their ordination and installation. No one else may eat them because the offerings are holy.

Exodus 12:45

“No foreigner visiting you may eat it. “No hired worker may eat it.

Leviticus 22:13

If a priest’s daughter is widowed or divorced, doesn’t have any children, and comes back to live in her father’s home, she may eat her father’s food. But a layperson must never eat it.

Numbers 3:10

Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. Anyone else who tries to do the priests’ duties must be put to death.”

Exodus 12:43

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “These are the rules for the Passover: “No foreigner may eat the Passover meal.

Leviticus 21:22

He may eat the food of his God—what is holy and what is very holy.

1 Samuel 21:7

That same day one of Saul’s servants who was obligated to stay in the Lord’s presence was there. His name was Doeg. A foreman for Saul’s shepherds, he was from Edom.

Ezra 2:63

The governor told them not to eat any of the most holy food until a priest could use the Urim and Thummim  ⌞to settle the problem⌟.

Ezekiel 44:8

You didn’t take care of my holy things. You put foreigners in charge of my temple.