“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Leviticus 22:9 in context
Leviticus 22:6–12
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the person that touches any such shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat of the holy things unless he bathes his body in water.
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When the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
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He shall not eat that which dies of itself or is torn by animals, defiling himself by it. I am the LORD.
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“‘They shall therefore follow my commandment, lest they bear sin for it and die in it, if they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
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“‘No stranger shall eat of the holy thing: a foreigner living with the priests, or a hired servant, shall not eat of the holy thing.
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But if a priest buys a slave, purchased by his money, he shall eat of it; and those who are born in his house shall eat of his bread.
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If a priest’s daughter is married to an outsider, she shall not eat of the heave offering of the holy things.
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