Leviticus 22:1

Sundry Rules for Priests

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

Leviticus 22:1 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 22:1

And the Lord spake unto Moses
Immediately after he had spoken concerning blemishes in priests, and in a continued discourse signifying, that though priests that had blemishes might eat of the holy things, yet neither they, nor even such who had not any, if they were under legal impurity, might eat of them: saying;
as follows.

Leviticus 22:1 In-Context

1 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the LORD .

3 "Say to them, 'If any man among all your descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel dedicate to the LORD , while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the LORD .

4 'No man of the descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. And if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if a man has a seminal emission,

5 or if a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;