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Leviticus 22:7

When the sun has gone down, he will be clean. After that he may eat of the holy gifts, for they are 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.
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 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 said to Moses, 2 "Tell Aaron and his sons to be careful with the holy gifts that the people of Israel set apart for Me. So they will not sin against My holy name. I am the Lord. 3 Say to them, ‘If any one of all your children comes near the holy gifts that the people of Israel set apart for the Lord, while he is unclean, he will be cut off from My holy place. I am the Lord. 4 None of the children of Aaron who has a bad skin disease or something flowing from his body may eat of the holy gifts until he is clean. If one touches anything that is unclean because of a dead body, or has had his seed come from his sex part, 5 or touches anything that is unclean that moves on the ground, or touches any man who makes him unclean, for whatever reason, 6 the man who touches any such thing will be unclean until evening. He must not eat of the holy gifts unless he has washed his body in water. 7 When the sun has gone down, he will be clean. After that he may eat of the holy gifts, for they are his food. 8 He should not eat an animal that dies of itself or is killed by wild animals. He will be unclean if he does. I am the Lord. 9 The religious leaders must obey My Law, so they will not be sinful because of it and die because they sin against My Law. I am the Lord Who makes them holy.

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
Then Noah built an altar to the Lord. He took of every clean animal and every clean bird, and gave burnt gifts in worship on the altar.
Genesis 22:2
God said, "Take now your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love. And go to the land of Moriah. Give him as a burnt gift on the altar in worship, on one of the mountains I will show you."
Genesis 22:4
Abraham looked up on the third day and saw the place far away.
Exodus 12:3
Speak to the people of Israel when they are gathered together. Tell them that on the tenth day of this month, every man must take a lamb for those of his father's house, a lamb for each house.
Matthew 26:39
He went on a little farther and got down with His face on the ground. He prayed, "My Father, if it can be done, take away what is before Me. Even so, not what I want but what You want."
Matthew 26:42
He went away again the second time. He prayed, saying, "My Father, if this must happen to Me, may whatever You want be done."
John 18:11
Then Jesus said to Peter, "Put your sword back where it belongs. Am I not to go through what My Father has given Me to go through?"
Romans 8:15
You should not act like people who are owned by someone. They are always afraid. Instead, the Holy Spirit makes us His sons, and we can call to Him, "My 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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