And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.

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

and when the sun goeth down, he shall be clean, and may afterwards eat of the holy things; for it is his food.

And when the sun is set, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things, because it is his food.

and the sun hath gone in, and he hath been clean, and afterwards he doth eat of the holy things, for it is his food;

And when the sun has gone down he will be clean; and after that he may take part in the holy food, because it is his bread.

and the sun has set, then, having been purified, he shall eat from what has been sanctified, because it is his food.

Quum autem occubuerit sol, turn erit mundus, et postea comedet de sanctificationibus: quia cibus ejus est.

And when the sun is down he shall be clean,.... Having washed himself in water, otherwise not, though the sun may be set:
and shall afterwards eat of the holy things; the families of the priests lived upon:
because it is his food: his common food, his ordinary diet, that by which he subsists, having nothing else to live upon; this being the ordination of God, that he which ministered about holy things should live on them; and these being his only substance, in compassion to him they were detained from him no longer than the evening; and this was done, to make him careful how he defiled himself, since thereby he was debarred of his ordinary meals.

His food - His portion, the means of his subsistence. This may be added, to signify why there was no greater nor longer a penalty put upon the priests than upon the people in the same case, because his necessity craved some mitigation: tho' otherwise the priests being more sacred persons, deserved a greater punishment.