Leviticus 22:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

If the priest’s daughter also be married. — Better, And if the priest’s daughter be married, By marrying a Hebrew of non-Aaronic descent, and thus leaving her paternal home, the daughter of the priest ceased to be part of the family circle, and lost her right to partake of the holy things. Her bread came from her husband, and she could therefore no longer partake of the priest’s bread. During the second Temple the term “stranger” in this verse was also interpreted to include a man who ought to be a stranger to her, and hence it was enacted that if the priest’s daughter had gone astray with a stranger (see Leviticus 21:7; Leviticus 21:9), she is for ever forbidden to eat of the holy food.

Leviticus 22:12

12 If the priest's daughter also be married unto a stranger,b she may not eat of an offering of the holy things.