Leviticus 19:8
in Leviticus 19Whoever eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the LORD. That person must be cut off from his people.
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ASV
but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people.
KJV
Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
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This verse in Leviticus 19
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
When you sacrifice a peace offering to the LORD
on Leviticus 19:5-8
A peace offering eaten on the third day "is tainted and will not be accepted". The verses on theft and lying that follow name no penalty, while this one ends with the eater "cut off from his people".
This site's exposition
he has profaned what is holy to the LORD
The flesh of the peace offering stays holy to the LORD after the altar, so the worshiper's handling of it afterward still counts. Matthew Henry applies this to the work that follows any spiritual sacrifice, which can make the whole vain if neglected. Whoever eats bears the iniquity.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Therefore everyone that eateth it shall bear his iniquity,....
Though the sacrifice was offered according to the law, if it was not eaten according to the law, it was not accepted. Though ministers do their part, what the better if people do not theirs? There is work to be done after our spiritual sacrifices, in a due improvement of them; and, if this be neglected, all is in vain.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if ye offer a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, ye shall offer it at your own will--Those which included thank offerings, or offerings made for vows, were always freewill offerings.
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The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֹֽכְלָיו֙ | veokhelav | and [those who] eat it | H398 → | 810 times |
| עֲוֹנ֣וֹ | avono | iniquity his | H5771 → | 233 times |
| יִשָּׂ֔א | yisa' | he will bear | H5375 → | 656 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| קֹ֥דֶשׁ | kodesh | [the] holy thing of | H6944 → | 469 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| חִלֵּ֑ל | chilel | he has profaned | H2490 → | 143 times |
| וְנִכְרְתָ֛ה | venikhretah | and it will be cut off | H3772 → | 288 times |
| הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁ | hanefesh | the person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| הַהִ֖וא | hahiv' | <the> that | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃ | meameiha | from kinspeople<s> its | H5971 → | 1873 times |
וְאֹֽכְלָיו֙and [those who] eat it
veokhelavH398 →810 times
עֲוֹנ֣וֹiniquity his
avonoH5771 →233 times
יִשָּׂ֔אhe will bear
yisa'H5375 →656 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
קֹ֥דֶשׁ[the] holy thing of
kodeshH6944 →469 times
יְהוָ֖הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
חִלֵּ֑לhe has profaned
chilelH2490 →143 times
וְנִכְרְתָ֛הand it will be cut off
venikhretahH3772 →288 times
הַנֶּ֥פֶשׁthe person
hanefeshH5315 →754 times
הַהִ֖וא<the> that
hahiv'H1931 →1879 times
מֵעַמֶּֽיהָ׃from kinspeople<s> its
meameihaH5971 →1873 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Leviticus 5:1“If someone sins by failing to testify when he hears a public charge about something he has witnessed, whether he has seen it or learned of it, he shall bear the iniquity.
it leads to
- Leviticus 5:17
If someone sins and violates any of the LORD’s commandments even though he was unaware, he is guilty and shall bear his punishment.
- Proverbs 29:24
A partner to a thief hates his own soul; he receives the oath, but does not testify.
- Matthew 26:63
But Jesus remained silent. Then the high priest said to Him, “I charge You under oath by the living God: Tell us if You are the Christ, the Son of God.”
- Leviticus 7:18
If any of the meat from his peace offering is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to the one who presented it; it shall be…
- 1 Kings 8:31
When a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
- Leviticus 5:17
Through
Leviticus 22:15The priests must not profane the sacred offerings that the Israelites present to the LORD
it leads to
- Numbers 18:32
Once you have presented the best part of it, you will not incur guilt because of it. But you must not defile the sacred offerings of the Israelites, or else you will die.’”
- Leviticus 22:9
The priests must keep My charge, lest they bear the guilt and die because they profane it. I am the LORD who sanctifies them.
- Ezekiel 22:26
Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They…
- Numbers 18:32
Where this verse is studied
About Leviticus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.