"He shall eat the bread of his God, {both} of the most holy, and of the holy." — Leviticus 21:22

Leviticus 21:22 · KJV

“He shall eat the bread of his God, {both} of the most holy, and of the holy.”

— Leviticus 21:22

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.

Verse 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.

Leviticus 21 — Context

Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken; {a dwarf: or, too slender}

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.

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.

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

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.

Leviticus 7:1

Likewise this {is} the law of the trespass offering: it {is} most holy.

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.

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.

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? {live: or, feed}

Leviticus 6:16-17

And the remainder thereof shall Aaron and his sons eat: with unleavened bread shall it be eaten in the holy place; in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation they shall eat it.

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.

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.