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What does Leviticus 22:11 mean?
"But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread."
— Leviticus 22:11 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, defiling himself by it. I am Yahweh.
“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it. I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.
“‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.
If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
But if a 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 of her father’s bread: but no stranger shall eat any of it.
“‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.
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