6 the person who has touched any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat the holy offerings unless he awashes his body with water.
7 And when the sun goes down he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat the holy offerings, because ait is his food.
8 aWhatever dies naturally or is torn by beasts he shall not eat, to defile himself with it: I am the Lord.
9 ‘They shall therefore keep aMy ordinance, blest they bear sin for it and die thereby, if they profane it: I the Lord sanctify them.
10 a‘No outsider shall eat the holy offering; one who1 dwells with the priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat the holy thing.
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Leviticus
Leviticus
LEVITICUS. So called from its treating of the laws relating to the ritual, the services, and sacrifices of the Jewish religion, the superintendence of which was entrusted to the Levitical priesthood. It is chiefly, however, the duties of the priests, "the sons of Aaron," which this book describes; and its claim to be the work of Moses is established by the following passages:— II Chronicles 30:16; Nehemiah 8:14; Jeremiah 7:22-23; Ezekiel 20:11 Matthew 8:4; Luke 2:22; John 8:5; Romans 10:4; Romans 13:9; II Corinthians 6:16; Galatians 3:12; I Peter 1:16.