Leviticus 22:10 - Forerunner Commentary

Leviticus 22:10

8 ^aWhatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the Lord.

9 ‘They shall therefore keep ^aMy ordinance, ^blest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the Lord sanctify them.

10 ^a‘No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who¹ dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing.

11 But if the priest ^abuys a person with his money, he may eat it; and one who is born in his house may eat his food.

12 If the priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she may not eat of the holy offerings.

13 But if the priest’s daughter is a widow or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food; but no outsider shall eat it.

14 ‘And if a man eats the ^aholy offering unintentionally, then he shall restore a holy offering to the priest, and add one-fifth to it.

15 They shall not profane the holy offerings of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,

Verse Comparison: Leviticus 22:10

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American Standard Version
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.

Amplified® Bible
No outsider [not of the family of Aaron] shall eat of the holy thing [which has been offered to God]; a sojourner with the priest or a hired servant shall not eat of the holy thing.

Contemporary English Version
Only you priests and your families may eat the food offerings; these are too sacred for any of your servants.

Darby English Version
And no stranger shall eat the holy thing; the sojourner with the priest, and the hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

Good News Bible
"Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of the sacred offerings; no one else may eat them---not even someone staying with a priest or hired by him.

King James Version
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.

New American Standard Bible
`No layman, however, is to eat the holy {gift;} a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy {gift.}

New International Version
" 'No one outside a priest's family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it.

New King James Version
‘No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
' No layman, however, will eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift.

Revised Standard Version
"An outsider shall not eat of a holy thing. A sojourner of the priest's or a hired servant shall not eat of a holy thing;

Young's Literal Translation
`And no stranger doth eat of the holy thing; a settler of a priest and an hireling doth not eat of the holy thing;

New English Translation
“‘No lay person¹ may eat anything holy. Neither a priest’s lodger² nor a hired laborer may eat anything holy,

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