23. They shall teach my people to distinguish between sacred and profane and make known to them the difference between clean and unclean.
24. In legal cases they shall stand as judges, judging according to my ordinances. They shall observe all my laws and statutes regarding all my appointed feasts, and they shall keep my sabbaths holy.
25. They shall not make themselves unclean by going near a dead body; only for their father, mother, son, daughter, brother, or unmarried sister may they make themselves unclean.
26. After he is again clean, he must wait an additional seven days;
27. on the day he enters the inner court to serve in the sanctuary, he shall present a purification offering for himself—oracle of the Lord God.
28. I will be their heritage: I am their heritage! You shall not give them any property in Israel, for I am their property!
29. They shall eat grain offerings, purification offerings, and reparation offerings; anything under the ban in Israel belongs to them;
30. all the choicest first fruits of every kind and all the best of your offerings of every kind shall belong to the priests; the best of your dough you shall also give to the priests to bring a blessing upon your house.
31. The priests shall not eat anything, whether bird or animal, that died naturally or was killed by wild beasts.