Leviticus 22:10

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘Only a member of a priest’s family can eat the sacred offering. The guest of a priest can’t eat it. A priest’s hired worker can’t eat it either.

Cross References

Ezra 2:63

The governor gave them an order. He told them not to eat any of the most sacred food. They had to wait until there was a priest who could use the Urim and Thummim. The priest would use them to find out what the Lord wanted the people to do.

Exodus 12:43

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron, “Here are the rules for the Passover meal. “No one from another country is allowed to eat it.

Exodus 12:45

But a hired worker or someone who lives with you for a short time is not allowed to eat it.

Exodus 29:33

These are the offerings to pay for their sins. They must eat them. The offerings must be made when Aaron and his sons are set apart and prepared to serve the Lord. No one else can eat them. They are sacred.

Ezekiel 44:8

You did not do what I told you to. You did not take care of my holy things. Instead, you put other people in charge of my temple.” ’ ”

Leviticus 21:22

He can eat the holy food. He can also eat my very holy food.

Leviticus 22:13

But suppose the priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced. She does not have any children. And she returns to live in her father’s house, where she lived when she was young. Then she can eat her father’s food. But a person who does not belong to a priest’s family can’t eat any of it.

Numbers 3:10

Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests. Anyone else who approaches the sacred tent must be put to death.”

Matthew 12:4

So he entered the house of God. He and his men ate the holy bread. Only priests were allowed to eat it.

1 Samuel 21:6

So the priest gave him the holy bread. It was the only bread he had. It had been removed from the table that was in front of the Lord. On the same day, hot bread had been put in its place.

1 Samuel 21:7

One of Saul’s servants was there that day. He had been made to stay at the holy tent for a while. He was Doeg from Edom. Doeg was Saul’s chief shepherd.