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Hebrew Names Version

Leviticus 22:7

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Defilement;   Sanitation;   Uncleanness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Priests;   Purifications or Baptisms;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Priest;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Clean, Unclean;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Pharisees;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Leviticus;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Canon of the Old Testament;   Congregation, Assembly;   Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Hexateuch;   Holiness;   Law;   Leviticus;   Priests and Levites;   Sacrifice and Offering;   Sanctification, Sanctify;   Talmud;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Uncleanness;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Atonement;   Priest, High;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Talmud;  

Parallel Translations

King James Version
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
Lexham English Bible
and the sun sets, and he shall be clean; then afterward he may eat from the votive offerings, because it is his food.
New Century Version
He will be clean only after the sun goes down. Then he may eat the holy offerings; the offerings are his food.
New English Translation
When the sun goes down he will be clean, and afterward he may eat from the holy offerings, because they are his food.
Amplified Bible
'When the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat the holy things, for it is his food.
New American Standard Bible
'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But when the Sunne is downe, hee shalbe cleane, & shall afterward eate of the holy things: for it is his foode.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the sun will set, and he will be clean. And afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.
Complete Jewish Bible
After sunset he will be clean; and afterwards, he may eat the holy things; because they are his food.
Darby Translation
and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.
Easy-to-Read Version
He will be clean only after the sun goes down. Then he can eat the holy food because it is his share.
English Standard Version
When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because they are his food.
George Lamsa Translation
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean and shall afterward eat of the holy things, because it is his food.
Good News Translation
After the sun sets he is clean, and then he may eat the sacred offerings, which are his food.
Christian Standard Bible®
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the holy offerings, for that is his food.
Literal Translation
And when the sun goes in, he shall be clean, and afterwards he shall eat of the holy things, for it is his food;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And wha ye Sonne is gone downe, and he cleane, then maye he eate therof, for it is his foode.
American Standard Version
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
Bible in Basic English
And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the sunne is downe, he shalbe cleane, and shall afterwarde eate of the holy thynges, forasmuche as it is his foode.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
King James Version (1611)
And when the Sunne is downe, he shall be cleane, and shall afterward eate of the holy things, because it is his food.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and the sun go down, and then he shall be clean; and then shall he eat of all the holy things, for they are his bread.
English Revised Version
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
Berean Standard Bible
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and the sunne hath go doun, thanne he schal be clensid, and schal ete halewid thingis, for it is his mete.
Young's Literal Translation
and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it [is] his food;
Update Bible Version
And when the sun has gone down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
Webster's Bible Translation
And when the sun is set, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things, because it [is] his food.
World English Bible
When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
New King James Version
And when the sun goes down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings, because it is his food.
New Living Translation
When the sun goes down, he will be ceremonially clean again and may eat from the sacred offerings, for this is his food.
New Life Bible
When the sun has gone down, he will be clean. After that he may eat of the holy gifts, for they are his food.
New Revised Standard
When the sun sets he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the sacred donations, for they are his food.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
When the sun tooth in, then is he clean, - and thereafter, he may eat of the hallowed things, for, his food, it is.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat.
Revised Standard Version
When the sun is down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because such are his food.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
'But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he shall eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.

Contextual Overview

1 The LORD spoke to Moshe, saying, 2 Speak to Aharon and to his sons, that they separate themselves from the holy things of the children of Yisra'el, which they make holy to me, and that they not profane my holy name: I am the LORD. 3 Tell them, Whoever he be of all your seed throughout your generations, that approaches to the holy things, which the children of Yisra'el make holy to the LORD, having his uncleanness on him, that soul shall be cut off from before me: I am the LORD. 4 Whatever man of the seed of Aharon is a leper, or has an issue; he shall not eat of the holy things, until he is clean. Whoever touches anything that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goes from him; 5 or whoever touches any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man of whom he may take uncleanness, whatever uncleanness he has; 6 the soul that touches any such shall be unclean until the even, and shall not eat of the holy things, unless he bathe his flesh 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 That which dies of itself, or is torn by animals, he shall not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the LORD. 9 They shall therefore keep my charge, lest they bear sin for it, and die therein, if they profane it: I am the LORD who sanctifies them.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Leviticus 21:22, Numbers 18:11-19, Deuteronomy 18:3, Deuteronomy 18:4, 1 Corinthians 9:4, 1 Corinthians 9:13, 1 Corinthians 9:14

Cross-References

Genesis 8:20
Noach built an altar to the LORD, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 22:2
He said, "Now take your son, your only son, whom you love, even Yitzchak, and go into the land of Moriyah. Offer him there for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will tell you of."
Genesis 22:4
On the third day Avraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
Exodus 12:3
Speak to all the congregation of Yisra'el, saying, 'On the tenth day of this month, they shall take to them every man a lamb, according to their fathers' houses, a lamb for a household;
Matthew 26:39
He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
Matthew 26:42
Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."
John 18:11
Yeshua therefore said to Kefa, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
Romans 8:15
For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, "Abba! Father!"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when the sun is down he shall be clean,.... Having washed himself in water, otherwise not, though the sun may be set:

and shall afterwards eat of the holy things; the families of the priests lived upon:

because it [is] his food: his common food, his ordinary diet, that by which he subsists, having nothing else to live upon; this being the ordination of God, that he which ministered about holy things should live on them; and these being his only substance, in compassion to him they were detained from him no longer than the evening; and this was done, to make him careful how he defiled himself, since thereby he was debarred of his ordinary meals.


 
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