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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Leviticus 22:13

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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there shall no stranger eat thereof--The interdict recorded (Lev 22:10) is repeated to show its stringency. All the Hebrews, even the nearest neighbors of the priest, the members of his family excepted, were considered strangers in this respect, so that they had no right to eat of things offered at the altar.
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