Leviticus 22:7 “When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from t…”

Leviticus 22:7

When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

But when the Sunne is downe, hee shalbe cleane, and shall afterward eate of the holy things: for it is his foode.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it [is] his food;

Bible in Basic English

And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.

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Cross references

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

Leviticus 21:22 Numbers 18:11–19 1 Corinthians 9:4 Deuteronomy 18:3 Deuteronomy 18:4 1 Corinthians 9:13

Leviticus 21:22 · BSB

He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

Numbers 18:11–19 · BSB

And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in…

1 Corinthians 9:4 · BSB

Have we no right to food and to drink?

Deuteronomy 18:3 · BSB

This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

Deuteronomy 18:4 · BSB

You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock.

1 Corinthians 9:13 · BSB

Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD.

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