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Leviticus 22:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Leviticus 22:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 He shall not eat anything that died on its own or was torn apart by wild beasts, thereby defiling himself. I am the Lord. 9 They shall therefore observe my statutes lest they become guilty and die when they profane it. I am the Lord, who sanctifies them.[a]
10 “No foreigner can eat the holy things. No guest of the priest or hired hand can eat the holy things.
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- Leviticus 22:9 Although many of the laws regarding cleanness were the same for the priests and other people, the penalties for the priests who were defiled were very harsh (see chs. 11–14).
