Leviticus 22:7

7 He will be clean only after the sun goes down. Then he may eat the holy offerings; the offerings 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 from touching any unclean crawling animal, or from touching an unclean person (no matter what made the person unclean).

6 Anyone who touches those things will become unclean until evening. That person must not eat the holy offerings unless he washes with water.

7 He will be clean only after the sun goes down. Then he may eat the holy offerings; the offerings are his food.

8 "'If a priest finds an animal that died by itself or that was killed by some other animal, he must not eat it. If he does, he will become unclean. I am the Lord.

9 "'If the priests keep all the rules I have given, they will not become guilty; if they are careful, they will not die. I am the Lord who has made them holy.