Leviticus 22:7

7 When the sun goes down, he will be ceremonially clean again and may eat from the sacred offerings, for this is 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 by touching a small animal that is unclean, or by touching someone who is ceremonially unclean for any reason.

6 The man who is defiled in any of these ways will remain unclean until evening. He may not eat from the sacred offerings until he has bathed himself in water.

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

8 He may not eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile him. I am the LORD .

9 “The priests must follow my instructions carefully. Otherwise they will be punished for their sin and will die for violating my instructions. I am the LORD who makes them holy.