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Leviticuschapter 22

33 verses · Moses, by tradition · 15th to 13th century BC · The Law

Original Language

Leviticus 22— Hebrew word study · with the Hebrew tradition

In Jewish life

Jewish practice and Jewish teaching both have something to say about Leviticus 22. Three things follow: where it is read, what is done because of it, and how the rabbis have taught it. The purpose is to inform a Christian reader what Jews believe and how Judaism was and is practised.

The reading

Weekly portion 31 of 54

אֱמֹר Emor, Leviticus 21:1 to 24:23

Read with it: Ezekiel 44:15 to 44:31.

The verse numbers here are the ones a Hebrew Bible carries, which differ from an English Bible by a verse or two in several places. The Sephardi reading is named only where this site records a difference; communities vary beyond what is listed. What these books are, and how a Christian reader meets them →

Where the rabbis cite this chapter

3 rows sit beside their verses in the text, on 3 verses of this chapter. No row that speaks to the chapter as a whole is recorded. Every quote links to its full source.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria (sefaria.org); excerpts follow each version’s license, and every passage opens at its source.

How to read a word below: the Hebrewword, then how it sounds, then what it means, then its number in Strong’s concordance, a widely used lookup this site follows (H for Hebrew and Aramaic, G for Greek). Square brackets hold a word the English supplies that the Hebrew does not, angle brackets mark the Hebrew’s own grammatical elements that English renders as separate words, and the mark ס or פ is where the Hebrew manuscripts end a paragraph.

Who belongs at the priest's table10

Leviticus 22:10· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְכָל־vekholand anyH3605זָ֖רzarstrangerH2114לֹא־lo'-notH3808יֹ֣אכַלyokhalhe will eatH398קֹ֑דֶשׁkodesha holy thingH6944תּוֹשַׁ֥בtoshava resident alien ofH8453כֹּהֵ֛ןkohena priestH3548וְשָׂכִ֖ירvesakhirand a hired laborerH7916לֹא־lo'-notH3808יֹ֥אכַלyokhalhe will eatH398קֹֽדֶשׁ׃kodesha holy thingH6944

Onkelos Leviticus 22:10

Targum
No stranger (non- kohein ) may eat holy things. One indentured to a kohein and one hired [by a kohein ] may not eat sacred-offerings.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

Leviticus 22:14· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְאִ֕ישׁveishand anyoneH376כִּֽי־ki-ifH3588יֹאכַ֥לyokhalhe will eatH398קֹ֖דֶשׁkodesha holy thingH6944בִּשְׁגָגָ֑הbishgagahby inadvertenceH7684וְיָסַ֤ףveyasafand he will addH3254חֲמִֽשִׁיתוֹ֙chamishitofifth itsH2549עָלָ֔יוʾalavto itH5921וְנָתַ֥ןvenatanand he will giveH5414לַכֹּהֵ֖ןlakohento the priestH3548אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853הַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃hakodeshthe holy thingH6944

Ramban on Leviticus 22:14

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
AND IF A MAN EAT OF THE HOLY THING. Here referring to terumah (the heave-offering) which is given to the priest from the produce of the Land. THROUGH ERROR, THEN HE SHALL ADD ITS FIFTH PART UNTO IT, AND SHALL GIVE UNTO THE PRIEST THE HOLY THING.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

Leviticus 22:15· Hebrew and glosses: STEP Bible

וְלֹ֣אvelo'and notH3808יְחַלְּל֔וּyechaleluthey will profaneH2490אֶת־ʾet-<obj.>H853קָדְשֵׁ֖יkadeshei[the] holy things ofH6944בְּנֵ֣יbenei[the] people ofH1121יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לyisraelIsraelH3478אֵ֥תʾet<obj.>H853אֲשֶׁר־ʾasher-whichH834יָרִ֖ימוּyarimuthey will lift upH7311לַיהוָֽה׃layahwehto YahwehH3068

Ramban on Leviticus 22:15

RambanSpain, 1194–1270· Commentary
AND THEY SHALL NOT PROFANE THE HOLY THINGS OF THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL — “by giving them to non-priests to be eaten.”. AND SO CAUSE ‘OTHAM’ (THEM) TO BEAR THE INIQUITY THAT BRINGETH GUILT.

Read it in full at Sefaria · Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

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