God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 22:7
7When the sun has set, he will be clean. Then he may eat the holy offerings because they are his food.
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
5an unclean swarming creature or an unclean person 6will be unclean until evening. He must not eat any of the holy offerings unless he has washed himself. When the sun has set, he will be clean. Then he may eat the holy offerings because they are his food. 8He must never eat the meat of an animal that dies naturally or is killed by wild animals. It will make him unclean. I am the Lord. 9The priests must do what I order, or their sin will bring them death because they dishonored a holy offering. I am the Lord, who sets them apart as holy.
Read all of Leviticus 22Leviticus 22:7 word by word
וּבָ֥א הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ וְטָהֵ֑ר וְאַחַר֙ יֹאכַ֣ל מִן־הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים כִּ֥י לַחְמ֖וֹ הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Leviticus 22:7
- Leviticus 21:22He may eat the food of his God—what is holy and what is very holy.
- Numbers 18:11“The contributions that come as gifts taken from the offerings presented by the Israelites are also yours. I am giving these to you, your sons, and your daughters. They will always be yours. Anyone in your household who is clean may eat them.
- Deuteronomy 18:3This is what the people owe the priests whenever they sacrifice an ox, a sheep, or a goat: the shoulder, jaws, and stomach.
- 1 Corinthians 9:4Don’t we have the right to eat and 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
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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
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