Negative Commandment #259 of 613
A desecrated woman must not eat food set aside for a priest
Commandment #259 — a prohibition from Leviticus 22:12, classified under Terumah and Tithes in the 613 commandments of the Torah.
Scripture
“If a priest's daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the gifts.”
— Leviticus 22:12
Hebrew
יב וּבַת-כֹּהֵן--כִּי תִהְיֶה, לְאִישׁ זָר: הִוא, בִּתְרוּמַת הַקֳּדָשִׁים לֹא תֹאכֵל.
Greek (Septuagint)
12 καὶ θυγάτηρ ἀνθρώπου ἱερέως ἐὰν γένηται ἀνδρὶ ἀλλογενεῖ, αὐτὴ τῶν ἀπαρχῶν τῶν ἁγίων οὐ φάγεται.
Classification
- Type
- Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
- Category
- Terumah and Tithes
- Book
- leviticus
- Chapter
- 22
Scholarly References
- Parashah
- Emor
- Sefer HaChinuch
- #283
- 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
#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
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