Leviticus 22:2–7

²“Tell Aaron and his sons to treat with respect the sacred offerings^q the Israelites consecrate to me, so they will not profane my holy name.^r I am the Lord.^s

³“Say to them: ‘For the generations to come, if any of your descendants is ceremonially unclean and yet comes near the sacred offerings that the Israelites consecrate to the Lord,^t that person must be cut off from my presence.^u I am the Lord.

⁴“ ‘If a descendant of Aaron has a defiling skin disease^a or a bodily discharge,^v he may not eat the sacred offerings until he is cleansed. He will also be unclean if he touches something defiled by a corpse^w or by anyone who has an emission of semen, ⁵or if he touches any crawling thing^x that makes him unclean, or any person^y who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. ⁶The one who touches any such thing will be unclean^z till evening.^a He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.^{b 7}When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.^c