Leviticus 22:7

7 When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

Leviticus 22:7 in Other Translations

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

7 When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because they are his food.

7 When the sun goes down, he will be ceremonially clean again and may eat from the sacred offerings, for this is his food.

7 After the sun goes down he is clean and may go ahead and eat the holy offerings; they are his food.

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

7 When the sun has set, he will be clean. Then he may eat the holy offerings because they are his food.

7 When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.

7 When the sun goes down, he will be "clean." After that, he can eat the sacred offerings. They are his food.

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 if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.

6 The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

7 When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

8 He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the LORD.

9 “ ‘The priests are to perform my service in such a way that they do not become guilty and die for treating it with contempt. I am the LORD, who makes them holy.

Cross References

• 1. Numbers 18:11