Leviticus 22:7

and the sun has gone in, and he has been clean, and afterward he eats of the holy things, for it [is] his food;

Literal Standard Version

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

6the person who comes against it has even been unclean until the evening, and does not eat of the holy things, but has bathed his flesh with water,

8he does not eat a carcass or torn thing, to become unclean with it; I [am] YHWH.

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Cross References

Numbers 18:9This is yours from the most holy things, from the fire: all their offering, of all their present, and of all their sin-offering, and of all their guilt-offering, which they give back to Me, is most holy to you and to your sons;

Numbers 18:13The first-fruits of all that [is] in their land, which they bring to YHWH, are yours; every clean one in your house eats it;

1 Corinthians 9:4do we not have authority 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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