New American Standard Bible

Leviticus 22:9-17 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

9. They shall therefore keep My charge, so that they will not bear sin because of it and die thereby because they profane it; I am the Lord who sanctifies them.

10. 'No layman, however, is to eat the holy gift; a sojourner with the priest or a hired man shall not eat of the holy gift.

11. But if a priest buys a slave as his property with his money, that one may eat of it, and those who are born in his house may eat of his food.

12. If a priest's daughter is married to a layman, she shall not eat of the offering of the gifts.

13. But if a priest's daughter becomes a widow or divorced, and has no child and returns to her father's house as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's food; but no layman shall eat of it.

14. But if a man eats a holy gift unintentionally, then he shall add to it a fifth of it and shall give the holy gift to the priest.

15. They shall not profane the holy gifts of the sons of Israel which they offer to the Lord,

16. and so cause them to bear punishment for guilt by eating their holy gifts; for I am the Lord who sanctifies them.'"

17. Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,