Leviticus 21:22
New International Version
He may eat the most holy food of his God, as well as the holy food;

New Living Translation
However, he may eat from the food offered to God, including the holy offerings and the most holy offerings.

English Standard Version
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,

Berean Standard Bible
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

King James Bible
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

New King James Version
He may eat the bread of his God, both the most holy and the holy;

New American Standard Bible
He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

NASB 1995
He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

NASB 1977
‘He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

Legacy Standard Bible
He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy,

Amplified Bible
He may eat the food of his God, both of the most holy and of the holy things,

Christian Standard Bible
He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He may eat the food of his God from what is especially holy as well as from what is holy.

American Standard Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He shall eat the bread of his God between the Holy holies and the Holy Place.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The gifts of God are most holy, and he shall eat of the holy things.

Contemporary English Version
They may eat the food offerings presented to me,

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves, that are offered in the sanctuary,

English Revised Version
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He may eat the food of his God-what is holy and what is very holy.

Good News Translation
Such a man may eat the food offered to me, both the holy food offering and the very holy food offering,

International Standard Version
However, he may eat the food of his God, including the most holy and the holy offerings,

JPS Tanakh 1917
He may eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

Literal Standard Version
Bread of his God—from the most holy things and from the holy things—he eats;

Majority Standard Bible
He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

New American Bible
He may, however, eat the food of his God: of the most sacred as well as sacred offerings.

NET Bible
He may eat both the most holy and the holy food of his God,

New Revised Standard Version
He may eat the food of his God, of the most holy as well as of the holy.

New Heart English Bible
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

World English Bible
He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

Young's Literal Translation
'Bread of his God -- of the most holy things, and of the holy things -- he doth eat;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Restrictions Against Those with Blemishes
21No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the offerings made by fire to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God. 22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food, 23but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’ ”…

Cross References
1 Corinthians 9:13
Do 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?

Leviticus 21:23
but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.'"

Leviticus 22:25
Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.'"


Treasury of Scripture

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

both

Leviticus 2:3,10
And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron's and his sons': it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire…

Leviticus 6:16,17,29
And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it…

Leviticus 7:1
Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.

and of the holy

Leviticus 22:10-13
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…

Numbers 18:10,19
In the most holy place shalt thou eat it; every male shall eat it: it shall be holy unto thee…

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Leviticus 21
1. Of the priests' mourning
6. Of their holiness
7. Of their marriages
8. Of their estimation
9. Of the high priest's holiness
10. Of his marriage
13. The priests that have blemishes must not minister in the sanctuary














(22) He shall eat the bread of his God.--But though unfit for serving at the altar, and reduced to do the menial work connected with the sanctuary, he was not only allowed to partake of the less holy sacrificial gifts, such as the peace shoulder, the tithes, and the first-fruits, but also to eat what remained of the meat-offerings, the sin-offerings, and the trespass-offerings, which were most holy. (See Leviticus 2:3.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He may eat
יֹאכֵֽל׃ (yō·ḵêl)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 398: To eat

the most
מִקָּדְשֵׁ֖י (miq·qā·ḏə·šê)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

holy
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֑ים (haq·qo·ḏā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

food
לֶ֣חֶם (le·ḥem)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain

of his God
אֱלֹהָ֔יו (’ĕ·lō·hāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative

as well as
וּמִן־ (ū·min-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

the holy [food],
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֖ים (haq·qo·ḏā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity


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