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They shall keep my charge, so that they may not incur guilt and die in the sanctuary[a] for having profaned it: I am the Lord; I sanctify them.

10 No lay person shall eat of the sacred donations. No bound or hired servant of the priest shall eat of the sacred donations; 11 but if a priest acquires anyone by purchase, the person may eat of them; and those that are born in his house may eat of his food.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 22:9 Vg: Heb incur guilt for it and die in it

“‘The priests are to perform my service(A) in such a way that they do not become guilty(B) and die(C) for treating it with contempt. I am the Lord, who makes them holy.(D)

10 “‘No one outside a priest’s family may eat the sacred offering, nor may the guest of a priest or his hired worker eat it.(E) 11 But if a priest buys a slave with money, or if slaves are born in his household, they may eat his food.(F)

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