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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.
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Belonging Defines Privileges
Commentators explain that this verse establishes a key principle: full incorporation into the priest's household granted access to the holy food. A purchased slave, once made a permanent part of the family (often through circumcision), was granted this privilege. This highlights that belonging to the covenant household was more significant than one's original status or ethnicity.
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Leviticus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
This shows how completely a purchased bondsman was incorporated into the household. See Exodus 21:2, note; Exodus 21:20–21, note.
19th Century
Anglican
But if the priest buy any soul. —The case, however, was different with heathen slaves whom the priest purchased. These were admitted into …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But if the priest buy [any] soul with his money, he shall eat of it Whether any of his own nation, who sometimes, wh…
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