Leviticus 22:7

7 And when the sun is down he shall be clean, and shall afterwards eat of the holy things, because it 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 whosoever toucheth any creeping thing whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatsoever uncleanness he hath--

6 the soul who hath touched any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he wash his flesh with water.

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

8 That which dieth of itself or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD.

9 They shall therefore keep Mine ordinance, lest they bear sin for it and die therefore if they profane it: I the LORD do sanctify them.