7. He will be clean only after the sun goes down. Then he may eat the holy offerings; the offerings are his food.
8. “ ‘If a priest finds an animal that died by itself or that was killed by some other animal, he must not eat it. If he does, he will become unclean. I am the Lord.
9. “ ‘If the priests keep all the rules I have given, they will not become guilty; if they are careful, they will not die. I am the Lord who has made them holy.
10. Only people in a priest’s family may eat the holy offering. A visitor staying with the priest or a hired worker must not eat it.
11. But if the priest buys a slave with his own money, that slave may eat the holy offerings; slaves who were born in his house may also eat his food.