8. He may not eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile him. I am the lord.
9. “The priests must follow my instructions carefully. Otherwise they will be punished for their sin and will die for violating my instructions. I am the lord who makes them holy.
10. “No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings. Even guests and hired workers in a priest’s home are not allowed to eat them.
11. However, if the priest buys a slave for himself, the slave may eat from the sacred offerings. And if his slaves have children, they also may share his food.
12. If a priest’s daughter marries someone outside the priestly family, she may no longer eat the sacred offerings.
13. But if she becomes a widow or is divorced and has no children to support her, and she returns to live in her father’s home as in her youth, she may eat her father’s food again. Otherwise, no one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offerings.