Leviticus 22:7

and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

In Context

6a person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until even, and shall not eat of the holy things; but he shall bathe his flesh with water,

8Of a dead carcase and what is torn shall he not eat, to make himself unclean therewith: I am Jehovah.

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Cross References

Numbers 18:9This shall be thine of the most holy things, [reserved] from the fire: every offering of theirs, of all their oblations, and of all their sin-offerings, and of all their trespass-offerings, which they render unto me, it is most holy for thee and for thy sons.

Numbers 18:13The first ripe of everything that is in their land, which they shall bring to Jehovah, shall be thine; every one that is clean in thy house shall eat of it.

1 Corinthians 9:4Have we not a right to eat and to drink?

Matthew Henry on Leviticus 22:2-10

Laws Concerning the Priests. ( b. c. 1490.) 1 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, 2 Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Israel, and that they profane not my holy name in those things which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord . 3 Say unto them, Whosoever he be of all your seed among your generations, that goeth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord , having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off… Read the whole commentary →

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