And when the sun is down, he shall be clean, and shall afterward eat of the holy things; because it is his food.
A person made unclean by touching an unclean thing or animal stayed unclean until evening, and after washing with water he became clean when the sun went down and could then eat of the holy things appointed for him as his food. Evening is at the setting of the sun, so ceremonial uncleanness continued until that sunset. The full natural day begins and ends at sunset or even, with evening marking the close and boundary between days, and the twenty-four hours made up of night as the first division and daylight as the last. The Sabbath likewise begins in the evening at sundown and begins and ends at sunset. These duties of the priests belong to laws whose details find fuller meaning in Christ's sacrifice, life, and work.
Sunset Cleansing and Day
Leviticus 22:7 stands within the laws concerning the duties of priests, whose details find their fuller meaning in Christ's sacrifice, life, and work. A person made unclean by touching an unclean thing or by contact with an unclean animal remains unclean until even and must be washed with water. When the sun is down he is clean and may afterward eat of the holy things allotted to him because it is his food.
Even is at the setting of the sun. The true evening begins at sunset when the sun goes down. Ceremonial uncleanness lasts until that sunset, with sunset as the point at which a person becomes clean again and may eat the holy food.
The Bible reckons the full natural day as beginning and ending at sunset or even. Evening marks the close and boundary between days, and the beginning of the next day. The twenty-four-hour day includes night and daylight, with evening or night as its first division and morning or day as its last, unchanged from the beginning of the world to the present.
Sabbath Beginning and Chronology
Even is at sunset, for uncleanness that lasts until evening ends when the sun goes down. One made unclean by contact with an unclean thing or an unclean animal remains unclean until that time, must be washed with water, and when the sun is down is clean and may afterward eat of the holy things allotted as food. This shows that evening itself begins at sunset and that the day begins with evening, fixing the time for commencing the Sabbath at sunset. The Sabbath, like the day, therefore begins in the evening at sundown and begins and ends at sunset.
Ceremonial uncleanness lasts until evening and ends when the sun goes down, after which a person is clean and may eat holy things. Defilement contracted by entering the judgment hall on the Friday morning when Jesus was led there would have ended at sunset and would not have prevented eating a Passover lamb Friday night. The wish to eat the Passover in John 18:28 therefore cannot refer to the Passover lamb, which had already been eaten the night before. A full natural day in Bible reckoning begins at sunset and ends at sunset, because ceremonial uncleanness continues until sunset when the person becomes clean. By that sunset-to-sunset reckoning, the third day from a Friday crucifixion must fall sometime between sunset on Saturday evening and sunset on Monday evening.
A person made unclean by touching an unclean thing or animal stayed unclean until evening, and after washing with water he became clean when the sun went down and could then eat of the holy things appointed for him as his food. Evening is at the setting of the sun, so ceremonial uncleanness continued until that sunset. The full natural day begins and ends at sunset or even, with evening marking the close and boundary between days, and the twenty-four hours made up of night as the first division and daylight as the last. The Sabbath likewise begins in the evening at sundown and begins and ends at sunset. These duties of the priests belong to laws whose details find fuller meaning in Christ's sacrifice, life, and work.
Sunset Cleansing and Day
Leviticus 22:7 stands within the laws concerning the duties of priests, whose details find their fuller meaning in Christ's sacrifice, life, and work. A person made unclean by touching an unclean thing or by contact with an unclean animal remains unclean until even and must be washed with water. When the sun is down he is clean and may afterward eat of the holy things allotted to him because it is his food.
Even is at the setting of the sun. The true evening begins at sunset when the sun goes down. Ceremonial uncleanness lasts until that sunset, with sunset as the point at which a person becomes clean again and may eat the holy food.
The Bible reckons the full natural day as beginning and ending at sunset or even. Evening marks the close and boundary between days, and the beginning of the next day. The twenty-four-hour day includes night and daylight, with evening or night as its first division and morning or day as its last, unchanged from the beginning of the world to the present.
Sabbath Beginning and Chronology
Even is at sunset, for uncleanness that lasts until evening ends when the sun goes down. One made unclean by contact with an unclean thing or an unclean animal remains unclean until that time, must be washed with water, and when the sun is down is clean and may afterward eat of the holy things allotted as food. This shows that evening itself begins at sunset and that the day begins with evening, fixing the time for commencing the Sabbath at sunset. The Sabbath, like the day, therefore begins in the evening at sundown and begins and ends at sunset.
Ceremonial uncleanness lasts until evening and ends when the sun goes down, after which a person is clean and may eat holy things. Defilement contracted by entering the judgment hall on the Friday morning when Jesus was led there would have ended at sunset and would not have prevented eating a Passover lamb Friday night. The wish to eat the Passover in John 18:28 therefore cannot refer to the Passover lamb, which had already been eaten the night before. A full natural day in Bible reckoning begins at sunset and ends at sunset, because ceremonial uncleanness continues until sunset when the person becomes clean. By that sunset-to-sunset reckoning, the third day from a Friday crucifixion must fall sometime between sunset on Saturday evening and sunset on Monday evening.