6. Any priest who becomes unclean remains unclean until evening, and even then he may not eat any of the sacred offerings until he has had a bath.
7. After the sun sets he is clean, and then he may eat the sacred offerings, which are his food.
8. He shall not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals; it will make him unclean. I am the Lord.
9. “All priests shall observe the regulations that I have given. Otherwise, they will be guilty and die, because they have disobeyed the sacred regulations. I am the Lord and I make them holy.
10. “Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of the sacred offerings; no one else may eat them — not even someone staying with a priest or hired by him.
11. But a priest's slaves, bought with his own money or born in his home, may eat the food the priest receives.
12. A priest's daughter who marries someone who is not a priest may not eat any of the sacred offerings.
13. But a widowed or divorced daughter who has no children and who has returned to live in her father's house as a dependant may eat the food her father receives as a priest. Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of it.
14. “If any person who is not a member of a priestly family eats any of the sacred offerings without intending to, he must repay the priest its full value plus an additional twenty per cent.
15. The priests shall not profane the sacred offerings
16. by letting any unauthorized person eat them; this would bring guilt and punishment on such a person. I am the Lord and I make the offerings holy.”