Leviticus 22:1-15

¹And the Lord spoke unto Moses, saying,

²Speak unto Aaron and to his sons, that they keep themselves away from the holy things of the children of Israel, so that they profane not my holy name which they hallow unto me: I am the Lord.

³Say unto them, In your generations, if there be any man of all your seed, that approacheth unto the holy things, which the children of Israel hallow unto the Lord, having his uncleanness upon him, that soul shall be cut off from my presence: I am the Lord.

⁴Any man whatsoever of the seed of Aaron, that is a leper, or hath a running issue, shall not eat of the holy things, until he be clean; and whoso toucheth any thing that is unclean by the dead, or a man whose seed goeth from him;

⁵Or a man who toucheth any creeping thing, whereby he may be made unclean, or a man through whom he can be rendered unclean, through any kind of uncleanness which he hath:

⁶The person that toucheth any such shall be unclean until the evening, and he shall not eat of the holy things, unless he have bathed his flesh in water.

⁷And when the sun hath set, he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

⁸That which dieth of itself, or is torn by beasts, shall he not eat, to defile himself therewith: I am the Lord.

⁹And they shall keep my charge, that they may not bear sin through it, and die therefore, if they profane it: I am the Lord who sanctify them.

¹⁰And no stranger shall eat of a holy thing: a sojourner of a priest, or a hired servant, shall not eat of a holy thing.

¹¹But if a priest buy a person with his money, then may he eat of it; and those that are born in his house, may eat of his bread.

¹²And if the daughter of a priest be married unto a stranger, she may not eat of the offered part of holy things.

¹³But the daughter of a priest, if she be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, may eat of her father's bread; but no stranger shall eat thereof.

¹⁴And if a man eat a holy thing unwittingly, then shall he add the fifth part thereof unto it, and he shall make good unto the priest the holy thing.

¹⁵And they shall not profane the holy things of the children of Israel, which they offer unto the Lord;