Leviticus 7:17

7:17 but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire on the third day.

Leviticus 19:7

19:7 If, however, it is eaten on the third day, it is spoiled, it will not be accepted,

Leviticus 19:6

19:6 It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day, but what is left over until the third day must be burned up.

Leviticus 7:18

7:18 If some of the meat of his peace offering sacrifice is ever eaten on the third day it will not be accepted; it will not be accounted to the one who presented it, since it is spoiled, and the person who eats from it will bear his punishment for iniquity.

Leviticus 19:8

19:8 and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. 10  That person will be cut off from his people. 11 


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).

tn Heb “And if being eaten [infinitive absolute] it is eaten [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.

tn Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422, on Lev 7:18.

tn Heb “from the following day” (HALOT 572 s.v. מָחֳרָת 2.b).

tn Heb “shall be burned with fire”; KJV “shall be burnt in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”

tn Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422. Cf. NIV “it is impure”; NCV “it will become unclean”; NLT “will be contaminated.”

tn Heb “his iniquity he shall bear” (cf. Lev 5:1); NIV “will be held responsible”; NRSV “shall incur guilt”; TEV “will suffer the consequences.”

tn See the note on Lev 17:16 above.

sn Regarding “profaned,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.

tn Heb “the holiness of the Lord.”

sn On the “cut off” penalty see the note on Lev 7:20.