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Leviticus 22:8-13 Good News Bible (GNB)

8. He shall not eat the meat of any animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals; it will make him unclean. I am the Lord.

9. “All priests shall observe the regulations that I have given. Otherwise, they will be guilty and die, because they have disobeyed the sacred regulations. I am the Lord and I make them holy.

10. “Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of the sacred offerings; no one else may eat them — not even someone staying with a priest or hired by him.

11. But a priest's slaves, bought with his own money or born in his home, may eat the food the priest receives.

12. A priest's daughter who marries someone who is not a priest may not eat any of the sacred offerings.

13. But a widowed or divorced daughter who has no children and who has returned to live in her father's house as a dependant may eat the food her father receives as a priest. Only a member of a priestly family may eat any of it.