Leviticus 22:1-9

1And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2Speak to Aaron and his sons so that they aabstain from the holy things of the people of Israel, which they bdedicate to me, so that they do not cprofane my holy name: I am the Lord. 3Say to them, ‘If any one of all your offspring throughout your generations approaches the holy things that the people of Israel dedicate to the Lord, while dhe has an uncleanness, that person shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord. 4None of the offspring of Aaron who has a leprous disease or a edischarge may eat of the holy things funtil he is clean. gWhoever touches anything that is unclean through contact with the dead or ha man who has had an emission of semen, 5and iwhoever touches a swarming thing by which he may be made unclean or ja person from whom he may take uncleanness, whatever his uncleanness may be— 6the person who touches such a thing shall be unclean until the evening and shall not eat of the holy things unless he has kbathed his body in water. 7When the sun goes down he shall be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy things, because lthey are his food. 8 mHe shall not eat what dies of itself or is torn by beasts, and so make himself unclean by it: I am the Lord.’ 9They shall therefore keep my charge, nlest they bear sin for it and die thereby when they profane it: oI am the Lord who sanctifies them.

Copyright information for ESV