Negative Commandment #255 of 613
A non- priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Commandment #255 — a prohibition from Leviticus 22:10, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift.”
— Leviticus 22:10
Hebrew
י וְכָל-זָר, לֹא-יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ; תּוֹשַׁב כֹּהֵן וְשָׂכִיר, לֹא-יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ.
Greek (Septuagint)
10 καὶ πᾶς ἀλλογενὴς οὐ φάγεται ἅγια· πάροικος ἱερέως ἢ μισθωτὸς οὐ φάγεται ἅγια.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #280
- Mishneh Torah
- SeedsHeave Offerings
Related Commandments in “Terumah and Tithes”
#252: Set aside a gift of food for the priest
Deuteronomy 18:4
#253: The Levite must set aside a tenth of his tithe for the priest
Numbers 18:26
#254: Do not preface one tithe to the next, but separate them in their proper order
Exodus 22:29
#256: A hired worker or an Israelite bondsman of a priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Leviticus 22:10
#257: An uncircumcised priest must not eat food set aside for a priest
Exodus 12:48
#258: An impure priest must not eat food set aside for a priest
Leviticus 22:4
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