Leviticus 7:15-18

7:15 The meat of his ¹  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, ²  it may be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and also the leftovers from it may be eaten on the next day, ³  7:17 but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire ⁴  on the third day. 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, ⁵  and the person who eats from it will bear his punishment for iniquity. ⁶ 

Leviticus 19:7

19:7 If, however, it is eaten ⁷  on the third day, it is spoiled, ⁸  it will not be accepted,

Exodus 16:19-20

16:19 Moses said to them, “No one ⁹  is to keep any of it ¹⁰  until morning.” 16:20 But they did not listen to Moses; some ¹¹  kept part of it until morning, and it was full ¹²  of worms and began to stink, and Moses was angry with them.

[7:15]  ¹ tn In the verse “his” refers to the offerer.

[7:16]  ² tn For the distinction between votive and freewill offerings see the note on Lev 22:23 and the literature cited there.

[7:16]  ³ tn Heb “and on the next day and the left over from it shall be eaten.”

[7:17]  ⁴ 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).

[7:18]  ⁵ 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.”

[7:18]  ⁶ 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.”

[19:7]  ⁷ 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.

[19:7]  ⁸ tn Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422, on Lev 7:18.

[16:19]  ⁹ tn The address now is for “man” (אִישׁ, ’ish), “each one”; here the instruction seems to be focused on the individual heads of the households.

[16:19]  ¹⁰ tn Or “some of it,” “from it.”

[16:20]  ¹¹ tn Heb “men”; this usage is designed to mean “some” (see GKC 447 §138.h, n. 1).

[16:20]  ¹² tn The verb וַיָּרֻם (vayyarum) is equivalent to a passive – “it was changed” – to which “worms” is added as an accusative of result (GKC 388-89 §121.d, n. 2).