But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat any of it.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Leviticus 22:13 in context
Leviticus 22:10–16
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“‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
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But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.
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If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
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But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat any of it.
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“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
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The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the LORD,
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and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”
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