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Leviticus 22:12

Made Simple — Modern English Translation

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KJV ORIGINAL
If the priest’s daughter also be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE

If a priest's daughter marries someone who is not a priest, she cannot eat any of the holy food offerings.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse explains that when a priest's daughter marries outside the priestly family, she loses her privilege to eat the sacred food reserved for priests and their households.

📚 Historical Context

In ancient Israel, priests and their immediate families had special privileges, including the right to eat portions of the sacrificial offerings brought to the temple. These holy foods were considered sacred and could only be consumed by those who belonged to the priestly household. When a priest's daughter married outside the priestly line, she was no longer considered part of that sacred household.

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But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or gets divorced and has no children, and she returns to live in her father's house like when she was young, then she can eat her father's food from the holy offerings. But no outsider is allowed to eat any of it.

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The original manuscript text provided is based on the King James Version (KJV), which is in the public domain. Our modern English simplifications are generated via proprietary philological synthesis, cross-referenced against Strong's Exhaustive Concordance and the Textus Receptus to ensure unwavering theological and etymological precision.

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