Leviticus 22:7-17

7 When the sun sets he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the sacred donations, for they are his food.

8 That which died or was torn by wild animals he shall not eat, becoming unclean by it: I am the Lord.

9 They shall keep my charge, so that they may not incur guilt and die in the sanctuary for having profaned it: I am the Lord; I sanctify them.

10 No lay person shall eat of the sacred donations. No bound or hired servant of the priest shall eat of the sacred donations;

11 but if a priest acquires anyone by purchase, the person may eat of them; and those that are born in his house may eat of his food.

12 If a priest's daughter marries a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the sacred donations;

13 but if a priest's daughter is widowed or divorced, without offspring, and returns to her father's house, as in her youth, she may eat of her father's food. No lay person shall eat of it.

14 If a man eats of the sacred donation unintentionally, he shall add one-fifth of its value to it, and give the sacred donation to the priest.

15 No one shall profane the sacred donations of the people of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,

16 causing them to bear guilt requiring a guilt offering, by eating their sacred donations: for I am the Lord; I sanctify them.

17 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Leviticus 22:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 22

In this chapter several laws are delivered out, forbidding the priests to eat of holy things, when in any uncleanness, or at any time what dies of itself, or is torn of beasts, Le 22:1-9; also showing who belonging to the priests might or might not eat of the holy things, Le 22:10-16; and others requiring that whatever offerings were brought by the children, of Israel, they should be perfect and without blemish, Le 22:17-25; and also declaring what age a creature should be of when sacrificed, and the time when thank offerings were to be eaten, Le 22:26-30; concluding with an exhortation to observe the commands of God, and sanctify him, and not profane his name, Le 22:31-33.

Footnotes

• [a]. Vg: Heb [incur guilt for it and die in it]