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“‘And they shall keep my obligation, and they shall not incur guilt because of it, so that[a] they die through it, because they have profaned it; I am Yahweh who consecrates them.

10 “‘No stranger shall eat[b] the votive offering; nor shall a temporary resident with[c] a priest or[d] a hired worker eat the votive offering. 11 But[e] a priest, if with his money he buys a person as his possession,[f] that one may eat it, and the descendants of his house themselves may eat his food.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:9 Or “and”
  2. Leviticus 22:10 Literally “And any stranger shall not eat”
  3. Leviticus 22:10 Hebrew “of”
  4. Leviticus 22:10 Or “and”
  5. Leviticus 22:11 Or “And”
  6. Leviticus 22:11 Literally “property of”

“‘The priests are to perform my service(A) in such a way that they do not become guilty(B) and die(C) for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.(D)

10 “‘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.(E) 11 But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.(F)

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