Leviticus 22:7

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

Leviticus 22:7 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 22:7

And when the sun is down he shall be clean
Having washed himself in water, otherwise not, though the sun may be set: and shall afterwards eat of the holy things;
the families of the priests lived upon: because it [is] his food:
his common food, his ordinary diet, that by which he subsists, having nothing else to live upon; this being the ordination of God, that he which ministered about holy things should live on them; and these being his only substance, in compassion to him they were detained from him no longer than the evening; and this was done, to make him careful how he defiled himself, since thereby he was debarred of his ordinary meals.

Leviticus 22:7 In-Context

5 or the man who has touched any reptile, by which he shall be unclean, or a man of whom he shall become unclean, according to whatever uncleanness he has,

6 the person who has touched any such shall be unclean until evening and shall not eat of the holy things until he has washed his flesh with water.

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

8 That which dies of itself or is torn by beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith. I am the LORD.

9 They shall therefore keep my ordinance lest they bear sin for it and die therefore, if they profane it. I AM he who sanctifies them.