Leviticus 21:22

²⁰ Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;

²¹ No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the LORD made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.

²³ Only he shall not go in unto the vail, nor come nigh unto the altar, because he hath a blemish; that he profane not my sanctuaries: for I the LORD do sanctify them.

²⁴ And Moses told it unto Aaron, and to his sons, and unto all the children of Israel.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
KJV: He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
WEB: He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy.
ASV: He shall eat the bread of his God, both of the most holy, and of the holy:
DARBY: The bread of his God, of the most holy and of the holy, shall he eat;
BLB: He may eat the bread of his God from the holies of holies, and from the holies.

ÅB: Sin Guds mat kan han nok spise, både av de høyhellige og av de hellige gaver;
OTB: Han har lov til å ta del i sin Guds mat, inkludert både det mest hellige og de hellige delene,
B1930: Sin Guds mat kan han nok ete, både av de høihellige og av de hellige gaver;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 2:3
And the remnant of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
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Leviticus 7:1
Likewise this is the law of the trespass offering: it is most holy.
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Leviticus 2:10
And that which is left of the meat offering shall be Aaron’s and his sons’: it is a thing most holy of the offerings of the LORD made by fire.
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Numbers 18:9–10
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of theirs, every meat offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
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Leviticus 22:10–13
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.
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Leviticus 24:8–9
Every sabbath he shall set it in order before the LORD continually, being taken from the children of Israel by an everlasting covenant.
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1 Corinthians 9:13
Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple? and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?
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Numbers 18:19
All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.
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