Negative Commandment #256 of 613
A hired worker or an Israelite bondsman of a priest must not eat food set aside as a gift for the priest
Commandment #256 — 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
וְכָל־זָר לֹא־יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ תּוֹשַׁב כֹּהֵן וְשָׂכִיר לֹא־יֹאכַל קֹדֶשׁ׃
Greek (Septuagint)
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
- #281
- 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
#255: A non- 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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