וְזֶה־לְּךָ֞ תְּרוּמַ֣ת מַתָּנָ֗ם לְכׇל־תְּנוּפֹת֮ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵל֒ לְךָ֣ נְתַתִּ֗ים וּלְבָנֶ֧יךָ וְלִבְנֹתֶ֛יךָ אִתְּךָ֖ לְחׇק־עוֹלָ֑ם כׇּל־טָה֥וֹר בְּבֵיתְךָ֖ יֹאכַ֥ל אֹתֽוֹ׃

This, too, shall be yours: the gift offerings of their contributions, all the elevation offerings of the Israelites, I give to you [and your wives], to your sons, and to the daughters that are with you, as a due for all time; everyone of your household who is pure may eat it.

(The above rendering comes from the RJPS translation, an adaptation of the NJPS translation.)


In this sequential list, the priest’s daughters are explicitly entitled to partake of the donations. What about his wife (or wives)? At first glance, she seems (or they seem) to be conspicuously missing from the list.

See the discussion of a similar list in a similar context, in my comment to Lev 10:14.