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11 But[a] a priest, if with his money he buys a person as his possession,[b] that one may eat it, and the descendants of his house themselves may eat his food. 12 And a priest’s daughter, when she marries a layman,[c] she herself may not eat the votive offering.[d] 13 But[e] a priest’s daughter, when she becomes a widow or[f] divorced or there is no offspring for her, and she returns to her father’s house as in her childhood, she may eat from her father’s food, but[g] no layman may eat it.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:11 Or “And”
  2. Leviticus 22:11 Literally “property of”
  3. Leviticus 22:12 Literally “she becomes for a strange man”
  4. Leviticus 22:12 Literally “the offering/lifting of the votive offering”
  5. Leviticus 22:13 Or “And”
  6. Leviticus 22:13 Or “and”
  7. Leviticus 22:13 Or “and”
  8. Leviticus 22:13 Literally “any stranger shall not eat it”

11 But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.(A) 12 If a priest’s daughter marries anyone other than a priest, she may not eat any of the sacred contributions. 13 But if a priest’s daughter becomes a widow or is divorced, yet has no children, and she returns to live in her father’s household as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food. No unauthorized person, however, may eat it.

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