22:9
This verse sums up the whole matter. God is the Lord, and it is He alone who makes the priests holy, they have no inherent holiness of their own. God making them holy does not mean that the priests have no responsibility, quite the opposite in fact. They must perform their duties according to the Lord’s instructions, otherwise they would become guilty and die!
22:10,11
These two verses are interesting. Only the priest and his household were allowed to eat the “sacred offerings”. Neither a guest nor a hired worker were allowed to eat it. However, slaves that belonged to the priest were allowed to eat it! Much of the criticism of the Bible for its supposed attitude towards slavery is ill-informed and demonstrats little but the lack of thinking on the part of the person making the criticism. Slavery has been endemic in all societies, and the Bible promotes a far more liberal attitude than any other society ever did.
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