But ifa priest'sdaughterbecomesa widowor divorced,and hasnochildand returnsto her father'shouseas in her youth,she shall eatof her father'sfood;but nolaymanshall eatof it.
Then Judahsaidto his daughter-in-lawTamar,"Remaina widowin your father'shouseuntilmy sonShelahgrowsup"; for he thought,"[I am afraid] that he toomay dielike his brothers."So Tamarwentand livedin her father'shouse.
The governorsaidto them that they should not eatfrom the mostholythingsuntila prieststoodup with Urimand Thummim.
The LORDsaidto Mosesand Aaron,"Thisis the ordinanceof the Passover:noforeigneris to eatof it;
"Thus they shall eatthose things by whichatonementwas madeat their ordination[and] consecration;but a laymanshall not eat[them], becausethey are holy.
"And you have not keptchargeof My holythingsyourselves, but you have set[foreigners] to keepchargeof My sanctuary."
"The breastof the waveoffering,however, and the thighof the offeringyou may eatin a cleanplace,you and your sonsand your daughterswith you; for they have been givenas your dueand your sons'dueout of the sacrificesof the peaceofferingsof the sonsof Israel.
Nolayman,however, is to eatthe holy[gift]; a sojournerwith the priestor a hiredmanshall not eatof the holy[gift].
Ifa priest'sdaughteris marriedto a layman,she shall not eatof the offeringof the [gifts].
and she leaveshis houseand goesand becomesanotherman's[wife],
Now oneof the servantsof Saulwas therethat day,detainedbeforethe LORD;and his namewas Doegthe Edomite,the chiefof Saul'sshepherds.
