Leviticus 22:1-8 ▼

1 Later on, the LORD told Moses,

2 |Tell Aaron and his sons that they are to separate themselves for the sacred things of the Israelis and that they are not to defile my holy name. I am the LORD.

3 Tell them that whoever among your descendants throughout your generations approaches the sacred things that the Israelis had consecrated to the LORD while still remaining unclean is to be eliminated from my presence. I am the LORD.

4 If one of Aaron's descendants has an infectious skin disease or a discharge, he is not to eat anything sacred until he has been cleansed. Anyone who touches an unclean thing on account of the dead, or who has a seminal discharge,

5 or who becomes unclean by touching a creeping creature or another human being, whatever the uncleanness may be—

6 such a person who comes in contact with anything like this will become unclean until evening. As a result, he is not to eat the sacred things unless he has bathed himself with water.

7 When the sun has gone down and he has been cleansed, he may eat of the sacred things, since that's his food.

8 He is not to eat the carcass of an animal that was torn by animals, thereby defiling himself with it. I am the LORD.