Leviticus 22:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.”
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“When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it <FI>is<Fi> his food;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Leviticus 22:7 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 21:22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
- Numbers 18:9A portion of the most holy offerings reserved from the fire will be yours. From all the offerings they render to Me as most holy offerings, whether grain offerings or sin offerings or guilt offerings, that part belongs to you and your sons.
- Numbers 18:11And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
- Numbers 18:13The firstfruits of everything in their land that they bring to the LORD will belong to you. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat them.
- Deuteronomy 18:3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
- 1 Corinthians 9:4Have we no right to food and to drink?
- 1 Corinthians 9:13Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
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