7When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.


In Context

4 " 'If a descendant of Aaron has an infectious skin disease or a bodily discharge, he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse or by anyone who has an emission of semen,

5 or if he touches any crawling thing that makes him unclean, or any person who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be.

6 The one who touches any such thing will be unclean till evening. He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.

7 When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

8 He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, and so become unclean through it. I am the Lord .

9 " 'The priests are to keep my requirements so that they do not become guilty and die for treating them with contempt. I am the Lord , who makes them holy.

Leviticus 22:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it [is] his food.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7And when the sun is set, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things, because it is his food.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

22:7and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it is his food;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

22:7And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.