Leviticus 21:22

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“He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,”

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BSBPD

“He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Bread of his God--of the most holy things, and of the holy things--he doth eat;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Leviticus 21:22 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Leviticus 2:3The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
  2. Leviticus 2:10But the remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
  3. Leviticus 6:10And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it.
  4. Leviticus 6:16Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
  5. Leviticus 6:29Any male among the priests may eat it; it is most holy.
  6. Leviticus 7:1“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
  7. Leviticus 7:6Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
  8. Leviticus 10:12And Moses said to Aaron and his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar, “Take the grain offering that remains from the offerings made by fire to the LORD and eat it without leaven beside the altar, because it is most holy.
  9. Leviticus 10:17“Why didn’t you eat the sin offering in the holy place? For it is most holy; it was given to you to take away the guilt of the congregation by making atonement for them before the LORD.
  10. Leviticus 14:13Then he is to slaughter the lamb in the sanctuary area where the sin offering and burnt offering are slaughtered. Like the sin offering, the guilt offering belongs to the priest; it is most holy.
  11. Leviticus 22:7When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
  12. Leviticus 22:10No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired hand eat it.
  13. Leviticus 22:11But 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.
  14. Leviticus 24:8Every Sabbath day the bread is to be set out before the LORD on behalf of the Israelites as a permanent covenant.
  15. Leviticus 24:9It belongs to Aaron and his sons, who are to eat it in a holy place; for it is to him a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD—his portion forever.”
  16. Leviticus 27:28Nothing that a man sets apart to the LORD from all he owns—whether a man, an animal, or his inherited land—can be sold or redeemed; everything so devoted is most holy to the LORD.
  17. Numbers 18:9A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
  18. Numbers 18:19All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the LORD for you and your offspring.”
  19. 1 Corinthians 9:13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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