Leviticus 22:10 introduces a new sub-unit. The priests and their families were sustained by the food and donations given to the Tabernacle (Leviticus 6:1–7:38). The question that follows is who belongs to the priest's family? Moreover, who may partake of the food offerings given in the Tabernacle?
10 “A lay person shall not eat of a holy thing; no foreign guest of the priest or hired worker shall eat of a holy thing,