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or who touches any reptile or other forbidden thing, or who touches anyone who is ceremonially defiled for any reason— that priest shall be defiled until evening and shall not eat of the holy sacrifices until after he has bathed that evening. When the sun is down, then he shall be purified again and may eat the holy food, for it is his source of life.

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or if he touches any crawling thing(A) that makes him unclean, or any person(B) who makes him unclean, whatever the uncleanness may be. The one who touches any such thing will be unclean(C) till evening.(D) He must not eat any of the sacred offerings unless he has bathed himself with water.(E) When the sun goes down, he will be clean, and after that he may eat the sacred offerings, for they are his food.(F)

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