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If a priest`s daughter be married to a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave-offering of the holy things.
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A Change in Family Identity
Commentators clarify that a "stranger" here is not a foreigner, but any Israelite man who was not a priest. When a priest's daughter married outside the priestly line, she legally became part of her husband's household. This change in family identity meant she lost the privilege of eating the sacred offerings that were specifically reserved for her father's priestly family.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
A stranger - One of another family.
19th Century
Anglican
If the priest’s daughter also be married. —Better, And if the priest’s daughter be married. By marrying a Hebrew of non-Aaronic d…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
If the priest's daughter also be [married] to a stranger Not to an Heathen, but to any Israelite, that is, a common …
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