7:11 “‘This is the law of the peace offering sacrifice which he 1 is to present to the Lord. 7:12 If he presents it on account of thanksgiving, 2 along with the thank offering sacrifice he must present unleavened loaves mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers smeared with olive oil, 3 and well soaked 4 ring-shaped loaves made of choice wheat flour 5 mixed with olive oil. 7:13 He must present this grain offering 6 in addition to ring-shaped loaves of leavened bread which regularly accompany 7 the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offering. 7:14 He must present one of each kind of grain offering 8 as a contribution offering 9 to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offering. 7:15 The meat of his 10 thanksgiving peace offering must be eaten on the day of his offering; he must not set any of it aside until morning.
7:16 “‘If his offering is a votive or freewill sacrifice, 11 it may be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and also the leftovers from it may be eaten on the next day, 12 7:17 but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire 13 on the third day.
1 tn This “he” pronoun refers to the offerer. Smr and LXX have plural “they.”
2 tn Or “for a thank offering.”
3 tn See the notes on Lev 2:4.
4 tn See the note on Lev 6:21 [6:14 HT].
5 tn Heb “choice wheat flour well soaked ring-shaped loaves.” See the note on Lev 2:1.
3 tn The rendering “this [grain] offering” is more literally “his offering,” but it refers to the series of grain offerings listed just previously in v. 12.
4 tn The words “which regularly accompany” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied for clarity.
4 tn Here the Hebrew text reads “offering” (קָרְבָּן, qorbban), not “grain offering” (מִנְחָה, minkhah), but in this context the term refers once again to the list in 7:12.
5 tn The term rendered “contribution offering” is תְּרוּמָה (tÿrumah), which generally refers to that which is set aside from the offerings to the
5 tn In the verse “his” refers to the offerer.
6 tn For the distinction between votive and freewill offerings see the note on Lev 22:23 and the literature cited there.
7 tn Heb “and on the next day and the left over from it shall be eaten.”
7 tn Heb “burned with fire,” an expression which is sometimes redundant in English, but here means “burned up,” “burned up entirely” (likewise in v. 19).