By allowing the Israelites to eat their sacred offerings they will cause them to bear punishment and so make them guilty, if the priests eat the sacred offerings. The priests who allow unauthorized persons to eat the sacred food share the guilt with those who eat: the priestly failure of custodial responsibility creates guilt for both the unauthorized eater and the negligent priest. The priestly accountability for the sacred food's proper handling extends to the accountability for who accesses it. I am the Lord, who makes them holy closes the section.

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