Leviticus 22:7

Leviticus 22:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
• New International Version (NIV)When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because they are his food.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And when the sun goes down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings, because it is his food.

Context of Leviticus 22:7

5or whoever touches a crawling creature or a person that makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be— 6the man who touches any of these will remain unclean until evening. He must not eat from the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water. When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food. 8He must not eat anything found dead or torn by wild animals, which would make him unclean. I am the LORD. 9The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Leviticus 22:7 word by word

וּבָ֥א הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְטָהֵ֑ר וְאַחַר֙ יֹאכַ֣ל מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י לַחְמ֖וֹ הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• When the sunשֶׁ֫מֶשׁshemesh · sunH8121
• has setבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• he will become cleanטָהֵרţâhêr · be pureH2891
• and thenאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• he may eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• fromמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• the sacred offeringsקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · holinessH6944
• forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• theyהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
• are his foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · foodH3899

Cross-references for Leviticus 22:7

• Leviticus 21:22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
• Numbers 18:11And this is yours as well: the offering of their gifts, along with all the wave offerings of the Israelites. I have given this to you and your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. Every ceremonially clean person in your household may eat it.
• Deuteronomy 18:3This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
• 1 Corinthians 9:4Have we no right to food and to drink?

Commentaries on Leviticus 22:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-33This section, which discusses priestly rules, six times repeats the phrase I am the Lord who sanctifies (Leviticus 21:15, 23; 22:9, 16, 32; see also 21:8). These words emphasize the link between God's holiness and the holiness expected of priests. This extended to all of Israel (see 8:10; 11:44–45; 19:2). The text specifically addresses priests in 21:1–22:16, while including both clergy and common people in 22:17–33.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-92. Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things--"To separate" means, in the language of the Mosaic ritual, "to abstain"; and therefore the import of this injunction is that the priests should abstain from eating that part of the sacrifices which, though belonging to their order, was to be partaken of only by such of them as were free from legal impurities. that they profane not my holy name in those things which…Read the comment

Topics related to Leviticus 22:7

• Defilement
• Sanitation
• Uncleanness

In the dictionaries

• Defile
• Atonement
• Criticism
• Ezekiel
• Holiness
• Law in the Old Testament
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch
• Priest, High
• Sanctuary

Commentaries on Leviticus 22

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings