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Green's Literal Translation

Leviticus 22:7

And when the sun goes in, he shall be clean, and afterwards he shall eat of the holy things, for it is his food;

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

Hebrew Names Version
When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
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.
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 And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 2 Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, that they set themselves apart from the holy things of the sons of Israel, and that they do not profane My holy name in what they devote to Me; I am Jehovah. 3 Say to them, Out of all your seed throughout your generations, any man who draws near to the holy things which the sons of Israel set apart to Jehovah, and his uncleanness being upon him, that person shall be cut off from before Me; I am Jehovah. 4 Any man of the seed of Aaron that is leprous or has an issue, he shall not eat of the holy things until he is clean. And he who touches any uncleanness of a person, or a man whose semen has gone out of him; 5 or a man who touches any swarming thing which is unclean to him, or touches a man who is unclean to him, by any of his uncleanness, 6 the person who touches it shall even be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things, but shall bathe his flesh with water. 7 And when the sun goes in, he shall be clean, and afterwards he shall eat of the holy things, for it is his food; 8 he shall not eat a dead body or torn thing, for it is unclean; I am Jehovah. 9 And they shall keep My charge, and shall bear no sin for it, that they may not die for it when they pollute it; I am Jehovah, who is sanctifying 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
And Noah built an altar to Jehovah, and took of every clean animal, and of every clean bird, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
Genesis 22:2
And He said, Now take your son, Isaac, your only one whom you love, and go into the land of Moriah. And there offer him for a burnt offering on one of the mountains which I will say to you.
Genesis 22:4
And on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes and saw the place from a distance.
Exodus 12:3
Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month, they shall each take for themselves an animal of the flock for a father's house, a flock animal for a house.
Matthew 26:39
And going forward a little, He fell on His face, praying, and saying, My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me; yet not as I will, but as You will .
Matthew 26:42
Again, going away a second time, He prayed, saying, My Father, if it is not possible for this cup to pass away except I drink it, let Your will be done.
John 18:11
Then Jesus said to Peter, Put your sword into the sheath: the cup which the Father has given Me, shall I not at all drink it?
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery again to fear, but you received a Spirit of adoption by which 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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