Leviticus 22:11
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
Leviticus 22:11 in other translations
| BSB | But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food. |
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| WEB | 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. |
| ASV | But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. |
| YLT | and when a priest buyeth a person, the purchase of his money, he doth eat of it, also one born in his house; they do eat of his bread. |
| DARBY | But if a priest buy any one for money, he may eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they may eat of his food. |
| BBE | But any person for whom the priest has given money, to make him his, may take of it with him; and those who come to birth in his house may take of his bread. |
| Webster | But if the priest shall buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat. |
What does Leviticus 22:11 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Leviticus 22:10-13
Le 22:10-16. Who of the Priests' House May Eat of Them. 10-13. There shall no stranger eat the holy thing--The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priests was restricted to the exclusive use of his own family. A temporary guest or a hired servant was not at liberty to eat of them; but an exception was made in favor of a bought or homeborn slave, because such was a stated member of…
Leviticus 22:11 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Leviticus 22:11
- Genesis 17:13
He that is born in thy house, and he that is bought with thy money, must needs be circumcised: and my covenant shall be in your flesh for an everlasting covenant.
- Exodus 12:44
But every man’s servant that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof.
- Numbers 18:11-13
And this is thine; the heave offering of their gift, with all the wave offerings of the children of Israel: I have given them unto thee, and to thy sons and to thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it. All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the Lord, them have I given thee. And whatsoever is first ripe in the land, which they shall bring unto the Lord, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thine house shall eat of it.
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Ge 17:13; Nu 18:11-13
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Context
- Leviticus 22:10
There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
- Leviticus 22:11
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it, and he that is born in his house: they shall eat of his meat.
- Leviticus 22:12
If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
Leviticus 22:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mas el sacerdote, cuando comprare persona de su dinero, ésta comerá de ella, y el nacido en su casa: éstos comerán de su pan. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Mais si le sacrificateur a acheté de son argent un esclave, celui-ci en mangera, ainsi que celui qui est né dans sa maison: ceux-là mangeront de son pain. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn aber ein Priester eine Seele für Geld kauft, so darf diese davon essen; und seine Hausgeborenen, sie dürfen von seinem Brote essen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quem autem sacerdos emerit, et qui vernaculus domus ejus fuerit, his comedent ex eis. |