Leviticus 22:12

New International Reader's Version

Suppose a priest’s daughter marries someone who is not a priest. Then she can’t eat any of the food brought as a sacred gift.

Cross References

Isaiah 40:13

Who can ever understand the Spirit of the Lord? Who can ever give him advice?

Leviticus 21:3

He can also go near a sister who is not married. She would have depended on him because she did not have a husband. The priest can make himself “unclean” by going near her body.

Leviticus 22:11

But suppose a priest buys a slave with money. Or suppose slaves are born in his house. Then they can eat the sacred 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.