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Leviticus 22:5-16 World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBBE)

5. or whoever touches any creeping thing whereby he may be made unclean, or a man from whom he may become unclean, whatever uncleanness he has—

6. the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.

7. When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.

8. He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am the Lord.

9. “‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

10. “‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.

11. But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.

12. If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.

13. But if a priest’s daughter is a widow, or divorced, and has no child, and has returned to her father’s house as in her youth, she may eat of her father’s bread; but no stranger shall eat any of it.

14. “‘If a man eats something holy unwittingly, then he shall add the fifth part of its value to it, and shall give the holy thing to the priest.

15. The priests shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer to the Lord,

16. and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.’”

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