Leviticus 7:18
in Leviticus 7If 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 an abomination, and the one who eats of it shall bear his iniquity.
BSB
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ASV
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
KJV
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
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This verse in Leviticus 7
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
It was proper that the sacrificial meat should not be polluted by any approach to putrefaction. But the exclusion of a mean-spirited economy may further have furnished the ground for the distinction between the thank-offerings and the others. The most liberal distribution of the meat of the offering, particularly among the poor who were invited to partake, would plainly be becoming when the sacrifice was intended especially to express gratitude for mercies received.
This site's exposition
be a vow, or a voluntary offering
on Leviticus 7:16-22
A vow or a voluntary peace offering may be eaten on a second day and a thanksgiving offering may not, and the text draws that line without saying why. On the third day the remainder is burnt, and eating it makes the sacrifice an abomination that shall not be accepted nor imputed to the man who brought it, so an offering already made can be spoiled by what is done with the meat afterwards. A man who eats the flesh while his uncleanness is upon him is cut off from his people, and the chapter says it twice in two verses.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
If the sacrifice was thanksgiving, they were especially obliged thus to testify their holy joy in God's goodness by their holy feasting. This law is made very strict (
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And some think that it instructs us speedily, and without delay, to partake of Christ and his grace, feeding and feasting thereon by faith to-day, while it is called to-day ( Heb. iii.
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And if any of the flesh of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
if any of the flesh of the sacrifice . . . be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither . . . imputed--The sacrifice will not be acceptable to God nor profitable to him that offers it.
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The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאִ֣ם | veim | and if | H518 → | 1069 times |
| הֵאָכֹ֣ל | heakhol | ever <to be eaten> | H398 → | 810 times |
| יֵ֠אָכֵל | yeakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִבְּשַׂר־ | mibesar- | any of [the] meat of | H1320 → | 270 times |
| זֶ֨בַח | zevach | [the] sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| שְׁלָמָ֜יו | shelamav | peace offering<s> his | H8002 → | 87 times |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֮ | hashelishi | <the> third | H7992 → | 107 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵרָצֶה֒ | yeratzeh | he will be accepted | H7521 → | 56 times |
| הַמַּקְרִ֣יב | hamakriv | the [one who] presents | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֹת֗וֹ | ʾoto | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֹ֧א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יֵחָשֵׁ֛ב | yechashev | it will be reckoned | H2803 → | 124 times |
| ל֖וֹ | lo | to <the> him | ||
| פִּגּ֣וּל | pigul | unclean meat | H6292 → | |
| יִהְיֶ֑ה | yihyeh | it will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| וְהַנֶּ֛פֶשׁ | vehanefesh | and the person | H5315 → | 754 times |
| הָאֹכֶ֥לֶת | haokhelet | who eats | H398 → | 810 times |
| מִמֶּ֖נּוּ | mimenu | any of it | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| עֲוֹנָ֥הּ | ʾavonah | iniquity its | H5771 → | 233 times |
| תִּשָּֽׂא׃ | tisa' | it will bear | H5375 → | 656 times |
וְאִ֣םand if
veimH518 →1069 times
הֵאָכֹ֣לever <to be eaten>
heakholH398 →810 times
יֵ֠אָכֵלit will be eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
מִבְּשַׂר־any of [the] meat of
mibesar-H1320 →270 times
זֶ֨בַח[the] sacrifice of
zevachH2077 →162 times
שְׁלָמָ֜יוpeace offering<s> his
shelamavH8002 →87 times
בַּיּ֣וֹםon the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁלִישִׁי֮<the> third
hashelishiH7992 →107 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵרָצֶה֒he will be accepted
yeratzehH7521 →56 times
הַמַּקְרִ֣יבthe [one who] presents
hamakrivH7126 →280 times
אֹת֗וֹ<obj.> it
ʾotoH853 →10935 times
לֹ֧אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יֵחָשֵׁ֛בit will be reckoned
yechashevH2803 →124 times
ל֖וֹto <the> him
lo
פִּגּ֣וּלunclean meat
pigulH6292 →
יִהְיֶ֑הit will be
yihyehH1961 →3559 times
וְהַנֶּ֛פֶשׁand the person
vehanefeshH5315 →754 times
הָאֹכֶ֥לֶתwho eats
haokheletH398 →810 times
מִמֶּ֖נּוּany of it
mimenuH4480 →1188 times
עֲוֹנָ֥הּiniquity its
ʾavonahH5771 →233 times
תִּשָּֽׂא׃it will bear
tisa'H5375 →656 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 11:41Every creature that moves along the ground is detestable; it must not be eaten.
it leads to
- Leviticus 11:29
The following creatures that move along the ground are unclean for you: the mole, the mouse, any kind of great lizard,
- Leviticus 11:20
All flying insects that walk on all fours are detestable to you.
- Leviticus 11:29
Through
Leviticus 22:25Neither you nor a foreigner shall present food to your God from any such animal. They will not be accepted on your behalf, because they are deformed and flawed.’”
it leads to
- Malachi 1:12–14
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
- Numbers 15:14–16
And for the generations to come, if a foreigner residing with you or someone else among you wants to prepare an offering made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, he is…
- Leviticus 21:6
They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the offerings made by fire, the food of their God, they must be…
- Leviticus 21:8
You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.
- Ephesians 2:12
remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
- Malachi 1:12–14
Through
Numbers 18:27Your offering will be reckoned to you as grain from the threshing floor or juice from the winepress.
it leads to
- Numbers 18:30
Therefore say to the Levites, ‘When you have presented the best part, it will be reckoned to you as the produce of the threshing floor or winepress.
- Numbers 18:30
About Leviticus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.