Leviticus 22:7
in Leviticus 22When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
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ASV
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
KJV
And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
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This verse in Leviticus 22
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
If a descendant of Aaron has a skin disease or a discharge
on Leviticus 22:4-9
A priest with a skin disease or a discharge "may not eat the sacred offerings until he is clean", so the bar ends with the condition. The remedy is water and sunset, and verse 7 gives the reason for his quick return, "for they are his food". Verse 8 lays on him the rule 17:15 lays on every Israelite, and verse 9 ends "I am the LORD who sanctifies them".
This site's exposition
When the sun has set
Sunset closes the time John Gill calls fixed by the several laws for such uncleanness. The Berean calls the sacred offerings his food, the word chapter 21 used for the food of God on the altar. What is offered to God feeds the priest.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
His food - His portion, the means of his subsistence. This may be added, to signify why there was no greater nor longer a penalty put upon the priests than upon the people in the same case, because his necessity craved some mitigation: tho' otherwise the priests being more sacred persons, deserved a greater punishment.
And when the sun is down he shall be clean,....
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבָ֥א | uva' | and it will go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁ | hashemesh | the sun | H8121 → | |
| וְטָהֵ֑ר | vetaher | and he will be clean | H2891 → | 94 times |
| וְאַחַר֙ | veachar | and after | H310 → | 715 times |
| יֹאכַ֣ל | yokhal | he will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִן־ | min- | any of | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔ים | hakodashim | the holy things | H6944 → | 469 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לַחְמ֖וֹ | lachmo | [is] food his | H3899 → | 298 times |
| הֽוּא׃ | hu' | it | H1931 → | 1879 times |
וּבָ֥אand it will go
uva'H935 →2568 times
הַשֶּׁ֖מֶשׁthe sun
hashemeshH8121 →
וְטָהֵ֑רand he will be clean
vetaherH2891 →94 times
וְאַחַר֙and after
veacharH310 →715 times
יֹאכַ֣לhe will eat
yokhalH398 →810 times
מִן־any of
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַקֳּדָשִׁ֔יםthe holy things
hakodashimH6944 →469 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לַחְמ֖וֹ[is] food his
lachmoH3899 →298 times
הֽוּא׃it
hu'H1931 →1879 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Corinthians 9:4Have we no right to food and to drink?
it leads to
- 1 Thessalonians 2:6
Nor did we seek praise from you or from anyone else, although as apostles of Christ we had authority to demand it.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:8–9
nor did we eat anyone’s food without paying for it. Instead, in labor and toil, we worked night and day so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
- Luke 10:7
Stay at the same house, eating and drinking whatever you are offered. For the worker is worthy of his wages. Do not move around from house to house.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:6
Through
Leviticus 21:22He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,
it leads to
- Leviticus 2:3
The remainder of the grain offering shall belong to Aaron and his sons; it is a most holy part of the offerings made by fire to the LORD.
- Leviticus 7:1
“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:
- 1 Corinthians 9:13
Do you not know that those who work in the temple eat of its food, and those who serve at the altar partake of its offerings?
- Leviticus 6:16–17
Aaron and his sons are to eat the remainder. It must be eaten without leaven in a holy place; they are to eat it in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 18:19
All the holy offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD I give to you and to your sons and daughters as a permanent statute. It is a permanent covenant of salt before the…
- Leviticus 2:3
About Leviticus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.