Leviticus 22:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְכָל־זָ֖ר לֹא־יֹ֣אכַל קֹ֑דֶשׁ תּוֹשַׁ֥ב כֹּהֵ֛ן וְשָׂכִ֖יר לֹא־יֹ֥אכַל קֹֽדֶשׁ׃

Transliteration

wə-kol-zār lōʾ-yōʾkal qōdeš tôšab kōhēn wə-śākîr lōʾ-yōʾkal qōdeš

Grammar Details

*wə-kol*: conjunction + noun masculine singular construct - and all, every
*zār*: adjective masculine singular - stranger, non-priest
*lōʾ*: negative particle - not
*yōʾkal*: Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - shall eat
*qōdeš*: noun masculine singular - holy thing
*tôšab*: noun masculine singular construct - sojourner, resident alien of
*kōhēn*: noun masculine singular - priest
*wə-śākîr*: conjunction + noun masculine singular - and hired servant

Word Meanings

*zār*: stranger, non-priest, layperson
*yōʾkal*: shall eat, may eat, consume
*qōdeš*: holy thing, sacred food, consecrated offering
*tôšab*: sojourner, resident alien, foreigner dwelling with
*kōhēn*: priest, religious official
*śākîr*: hired servant, worker, laborer

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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 21:6 : 6 So the priest gave him holy [bread]; for there was no bread there but the showbread, that was taken from before Jehovah, to put hot bread in the day when it was taken away.
Matt 12:4 : 4 how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests?
Exod 29:33 : 33 And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Exod 12:43-45
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33And they shall eat those things wherewith atonement was made, to consecrate [and] to sanctify them: but a stranger shall not eat thereof, because they are holy.
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80%
11But 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.
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Lev 21:21-23
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21no man of the seed of Aaron the priest, that hath a blemish, shall come nigh to offer the offerings of Jehovah made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.
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