Leviticus 19:6
in Leviticus 19It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it, or on the next day; but what remains on the third day must be burned up.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.
KJV
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if ought remain until the third day, it shall be burnt in the fire.
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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
what remains on the third day must be burned up
The two-day limit matches the rule for vow and freewill offerings at 7:16. At 7:15 a thank offering had to be eaten on the day it was offered. Jamieson, Fausset and Brown note that peace offerings made for thanks or for vows were always freewill offerings.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow,....
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
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בְּי֧וֹם | beyom | on [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| זִבְחֲכֶ֛ם | zivchakhem | sacrifice your | H2077 → | 162 times |
| יֵאָכֵ֖ל | yeakhel | it will be eaten | H398 → | 810 times |
| וּמִֽמָּחֳרָ֑ת | umimochorat | and from [the] next day | H4283 → | 32 times |
| וְהַנּוֹתָר֙ | vehanotar | and <the> [what] remains | H3498 → | 106 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| י֣וֹם | yom | [the] day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י | hashelishi | <the> third | H7992 → | 107 times |
| בָּאֵ֖שׁ | baesh | with <the> fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| יִשָּׂרֵֽף׃ | yisaref | it will be burned | H8313 → | 117 times |
בְּי֧וֹםon [the] day of
beyomH3117 →2304 times
זִבְחֲכֶ֛םsacrifice your
zivchakhemH2077 →162 times
יֵאָכֵ֖לit will be eaten
yeakhelH398 →810 times
וּמִֽמָּחֳרָ֑תand from [the] next day
umimochoratH4283 →32 times
וְהַנּוֹתָר֙and <the> [what] remains
vehanotarH3498 →106 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
י֣וֹם[the] day
yomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י<the> third
hashelishiH7992 →107 times
בָּאֵ֖שׁwith <the> fire
baeshH784 →378 times
יִשָּׂרֵֽף׃it will be burned
yisarefH8313 →117 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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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.