Leviticus 22:7

And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

6Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified: but when he hath washed his flesh with water,

8That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith, I am the Lord.

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Cross References

Numbers 18:9These therefore shalt thou take of the things that are sanctified, and are offered to the Lord. Every offering, and sacrifice, and whatsoever is rendered to me for sin and for trespass, and becometh holy of holies, shall be for thee and thy sons.

Numbers 18:13All the firstripe of the fruits, that the ground bringeth forth, and which are brought to the Lord, shall be for thy use: he that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.

1 Corinthians 9:4Have not we power 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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