But if a priest buys a slave with his own money, or if a slave is born in his household, that slave may eat his food.
The holy things were to be eaten by the priests and their families. Now, I. Here is a law that no stranger should eat of them, that is, no person whatsoever but the priests only, and those that pertained to them, Lev 22:10.
Commenting on Leviticus 22:10-16
But if the priest buy any soul with his money, he shall eat of it,.... Whether any of his own nation, who sometimes, when become poor, were obliged to sell themselves; or a stranger, as the Targum of Jonathan; one of another nation, a Canaanitish servant, as Jarchi.
WHO OF THE PRIESTS' HOUSE MAY EAT OF THEM. (Lev 22:10-16) There shall no stranger eat the holy thing--The portion of the sacrifices assigned for the support of the officiating priests was restricted to the exclusive use of his own family.
Commenting on Leviticus 22:10-16