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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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd when the sun is down, he shall be clean; and afterward he shall eat of the holy things, because it is his bread.
When the sun has set, he will become clean, and then he may eat from the sacred offerings, for they are his food.
and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it is his food;
and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentLeviticus — A holy people before a holy God. Five offerings, a priesthood, a purity code — and at the centre, a single day that carries the sins of a year to a cleansed Most Holy Place.
- Author
- Moses — receives these laws at Sinai; the repeated formula is ‘the LORD spake unto Moses, saying’
- Date
- Composed during Israel's year at Sinai (15th–13th century BC)