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"Tell Aaron and his sons that they must respect the holy offerings which the Israelites set apart for me. In this way they will not dishonor my holy name. I am the LORD.
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"Tell them: In future generations if any of your descendants, while unclean, comes near the holy offerings the Israelites set apart for the LORD, that person must be excluded from my presence. I am the LORD.
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"No descendant of Aaron who has a skin disease or a discharge may eat any of the holy offerings until he is clean. Any person who has an emission of semen or touches a dead body,
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an unclean swarming creature, or an unclean person
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will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy offerings unless he has washed himself.
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When the sun has set, he will be clean. Then he may eat the holy offerings because they are his food.
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He must never eat the meat of an animal that dies naturally or is killed by wild animals. It will make him unclean. I am the LORD.
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The priests must do what I order, or their sin will bring them death because they dishonored a holy offering. I am the LORD, who sets them apart as holy.
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"Laypeople must never eat any holy offering, even if they are visiting a priest or are working for him.
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But if a priest buys a slave, the slave and anyone born in his household may eat the priest's food.
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However, if a priest's daughter marries a layman, she must never eat the food taken from the holy contributions.