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Leviticus 22:8-17 English Revised Version (ERV)

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

9. They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am the LORD which sanctify them.

10. There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest's, or an hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

11. But if a priest buy any soul, the purchase of his money, he shall eat of it; and such as are born in his house, they shall eat of his bread.

12. And if a priest's daughter be married unto a stranger, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.

13. But if a priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's bread: but there shall no stranger eat thereof.

14. And if a man eat of the holy thing unwittingly, then he shall put the fifth part thereof unto it, and shall give unto the priest the holy thing.

15. And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the LORD;

16. and so cause them to bear the iniquity that bringeth guilt, when they eat their holy things: for I am the LORD which sanctify them.

17. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

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