Leviticus 22:7
Good News Translation
After the sun sets he is clean, and then he may eat the sacred offerings, which are his food.

New Revised Standard Version
When the sun sets he shall be clean; and afterward he may eat of the sacred donations, for they are his food.

New American Bible
Then, when the sun sets, he shall be clean. Only then may he eat of the sacred offerings, for they are his food.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat.

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And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat.

Leviticus 21:22 He shall eat nevertheless of the loaves that are offered in the sanctuary.

Numbers 18:11-19 But the firstfruits, which the children of Israel shall vow and offer, I have given to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters, by a perpetual law. He that is clean in thy house, shall eat them. . . .

Deuteronomy 18:3,4 This shall be the priest's due from the people, and from them that offer victims: whether they sacrifice an ox, or a sheep, they shall give to the priest the shoulder and the breast: . . .

1 Corinthians 9:4,13,14 Have not we power to eat and to drink? . . .

Context
Restrictions Against the Unclean
6Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified. But when he hath washed his flesh with water, 7And the sun is down, then being purified, he shall eat of the sanctified things, because it is his meat.8That which dieth of itself, and that which was taken by a beast, they shall not eat, nor be defiled therewith. I am the Lord.…
Cross References
Leviticus 22:6
Shall be unclean until the evening, and shall not eat those things that are sanctified. But when he hath washed his flesh with water,

Numbers 18:11
But the firstfruits, which the children of Israel shall vow and offer, I have given to thee, and to thy sons, and to thy daughters, by a perpetual law. He that is clean in thy house, shall eat them.

Leviticus 22:6
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