Leviticus 22:1–9

Sundry Rules for Priests

1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts of the sons of Israel, which they dedicate to Me, so as not to profane My holy name; I am the Lord.

3 “Say to them, ‘aIf any man among all your 1descendants throughout your generations approaches the holy gifts which the sons of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while he has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am the Lord.

4 ‘aNo man of the 1descendants of Aaron, who is a leper or who has a discharge, may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. bAnd if one touches anything made unclean by a corpse or if ca man has a seminal emission,

5 or aif a man touches any teeming things by which he is made unclean, or any man by whom he is made unclean, whatever his uncleanness;

6 a 1person who touches any such shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his 2body in water.

7 ‘But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for ait is his 1food.

8 ‘He shall not eat aan animal which dies or is torn by beasts, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.

9 ‘They shall therefore keep aMy charge, so that bthey will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.