Leviticus 22:4

New American Bible - revised edition

No descendant of Aaron who is stricken with a scaly infection, or who suffers from a genital discharge, may eat of the sacred offerings, until he again becomes clean. Moreover, if anyone touches a person who has become unclean by contact with a corpse, or if anyone has had an emission of semen,

Cross References

Leviticus 11:39

When one of the animals that you could otherwise eat dies of itself, anyone who touches its carcass shall be unclean until evening;

Leviticus 15:17

Any piece of cloth or leather with semen on it shall be washed with water and be unclean until evening.

Leviticus 2:10

The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the oblations to the Lord.

Leviticus 2:3

The rest of the grain offering belongs to Aaron and his sons, a most holy portion from the oblations to the Lord.

Leviticus 21:1

The Lord said to Moses: Speak to the priests, Aaron’s sons, and tell them: None of you shall make himself unclean for any dead person among his kindred,

Leviticus 21:22

He may, however, eat the food of his God: of the most sacred as well as sacred offerings.

Haggai 2:13

Then Haggai asked: “If a person defiled from contact with a corpse touches any of these, do they become defiled?” The priests answered, “They become defiled.”

Numbers 18:19

As a perpetual due I assign to you and to your sons and daughters with you all the contributions of holy things which the Israelites set aside for the Lord; this is a covenant of salt to last forever before the Lord, for you and for your descendants with you.

Numbers 18:9

This is what you shall have from the oblations that are most holy: every offering of theirs—namely, all their grain offerings, purification offerings, and reparation offerings which they must return to me—shall be most holy for you and for your sons.

Numbers 19:20

Those who become unclean and fail to purify themselves—those people will be cut off from the assembly, because they defile the sanctuary of the Lord. The purification water has not been splashed over them; they remain unclean.