Leviticus 22:6-10
Leviticus 22:6
a person who touches any such thing shall be unclean until evening, and shall not eat of the holy gifts unless he has bathed his body in water.
Leviticus 22:7
But when the sun sets, he will be clean, and afterward he may eat of the holy gifts, for it is his food.
Leviticus 22:8
He shall not eat an animal which dies or is torn by animals, becoming unclean by it; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 22:9
They shall therefore perform their duty to Me, so that they do not bear sin because of it and die by it because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.
Leviticus 22:10
‘No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a foreign resident with the priest or a hired worker shall not eat the holy gift.