Leviticus 22:10

"There shall be no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing. But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread. And if the priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things. But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and be returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof. And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing. And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto Jehovah, and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am Jehovah who sanctifieth them."

"The holy thing ... the holy things ..." As used in this passage, these words are a Hebrew idiom for the sacred food designed in the laws of sacrifice for the upkeep of the priesthood. Throughout Leviticus, we have observed repeatedly that certain portions of specific sacrifices were the property of the priests to supply food and other necessities.

"Stranger ... sojourner ... hired servant ..." (Leviticus 22:10). In a general sense, this meant anyone who was not of the priestly line, but an exception was made in the case of a slave bought by the priest's money, also, under certain circumstances, in the case of a childless widow or divorcee returned to her father's house.

Provision was also made in these verses for one who unknowingly ate the forbidden food. The sin required the return of the amount eaten plus a penalty of twenty percent (Leviticus 22:14). "Of course, the reference is to a non-priest."[6]

"And they shall not profane ..." (Leviticus 22:15). Orlinsky gave the meaning as, "The priests must not allow ... by giving the holy things as food for laymen."[7]