“ ‘But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a free will offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice. On the next day what remains of it shall be eaten, but what remains of the meat of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire. If any of the meat of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, and it shall not be credited to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
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“ ‘But if the sacrifice of his offering is a vow, or a free will offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice. On the next day what remains of it shall be eaten,
but what remains of the meat of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.
If any of the meat of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, and it shall not be credited to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
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But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
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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But if the sacrifice of his offering be a vow, or a freewill-offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offereth his sacrifice; and on the morrow that which remaineth of it may be eaten.
But that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.
And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace-offerings be at all eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it; it shall be an abhorred thing, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.
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- Leviticus 19:7-8 (v18) If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted; but everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity,…
- Exodus 12:10 (v17) You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
- Leviticus 19:5-8 (v16) “ ‘When you offer a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, you shall offer it so that you may be accepted. It shall be eaten the same day…
- Deuteronomy 12:6 (v16) You shall bring your burnt offerings, your sacrifices, your tithes, the wave offering of your hand, your vows, your free will offerings,…
- Leviticus 11:41 (v18) “ ‘Every creeping thing that creeps on the earth is an abomination. It shall not be eaten.
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- Leviticus 22:25 (v18) You must not offer any of these as the bread of your God from the hand of a foreigner, because their corruption is in them. There is a…
- Numbers 18:27 (v18) Your wave offering shall be credited to you, as though it were the grain of the threshing floor, and as the fullness of the wine press.
- Hosea 6:2 (v17) After two days he will revive us. On the third day he will raise us up, and we will live before him.
- 1 Corinthians 15:4 (v17) that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,
- Leviticus 22:23 (vv16, 18) Either a bull or a lamb that has any deformity or lacking in his parts, that you may offer for a free will offering; but for a vow it shall…
- Genesis 22:4 (v17) On the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place far off.
- Exodus 19:11 (v17) and be ready for the third day; for on the third day Yahweh will come down in the sight of all the people on Mount Sinai.
- Exodus 29:14 (v17) But the meat of the bull, and its skin, and its dung, you shall burn with fire outside of the camp. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 5:17 (v18) “If anyone sins, doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, though he didn’t know it, he is still guilty, and shall…
- Leviticus 6:22-23 (v17) The anointed priest that will be in his place from among his sons shall offer it. By a statute forever, it shall be wholly burned to…
- Leviticus 10:16 (v17) Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned. He was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the…
- Leviticus 10:17 (v18) “Why haven’t you eaten the sin offering in the place of the sanctuary, since it is most holy, and he has given it to you to bear the…
- Leviticus 10:19 (v18) Aaron spoke to Moses, “Behold, today they have offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before Yahweh; and such things as these…
- Leviticus 11:10-11 (v18) All that don’t have fins and scales in the seas and rivers, all that move in the waters, and all the living creatures that are in the…
- Leviticus 17:16 (v18) But if he doesn’t wash them, or bathe his flesh, then he shall bear his iniquity.’ ”
- Leviticus 19:7 (v17) If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;
- Leviticus 20:17 (v18) “ ‘If a man takes his sister—his father’s daughter, or his mother’s daughter—and sees her nakedness, and she sees his nakedness, it is a…
- Leviticus 20:19 (v18) “ ‘You shall not uncover the nakedness of your mother’s sister, nor of your father’s sister, for he has made his close relative naked. They…
- Leviticus 22:16 (v18) and so cause them to bear the iniquity that brings guilt when they eat their holy things; for I am Yahweh who sanctifies them.’ ”
- Leviticus 22:18-21 (v16) “Speak to Aaron, and to his sons, and to all the children of Israel, and say to them, ‘Whoever is of the house of Israel, or of the…
- Leviticus 22:29 (v16) “When you sacrifice a sacrifice of thanksgiving to Yahweh, you shall sacrifice it so that you may be accepted.
- Leviticus 23:38 (v16) in addition to the Sabbaths of Yahweh, and in addition to your gifts, and in addition to all your vows, and in addition to all your free…
- Numbers 15:3 (v16) and will make an offering by fire to Yahweh—a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in your…
- Deuteronomy 12:11 (v16) then it shall happen that to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose, to cause his name to dwell there, there you shall bring all that…
- Deuteronomy 12:17 (v16) You may not eat within your gates the tithe of your grain, or of your new wine, or of your oil, or the firstborn of your herd or of your…
- Deuteronomy 12:26 (v16) Only your holy things which you have, and your vows, you shall take and go to the place which Yahweh shall choose.
- Psalms 66:13 (v16) I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will pay my vows to you,
- Psalms 116:14 (v16) I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people.
- Psalms 116:18 (v16) I will pay my vows to Yahweh, yes, in the presence of all his people,
- Isaiah 1:11-14 (v18) “What are the multitude of your sacrifices to me?”, says Yahweh. “I have had enough of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed…
- Isaiah 53:11-12 (v18) After the suffering of his soul, he will see the light and be satisfied. My righteous servant will justify many by the knowledge of…
- Isaiah 65:4 (v18) who sit among the graves, and spend nights in secret places; who eat pig’s meat, and broth of abominable things is in their vessels;
- Isaiah 66:3 (v18) He who kills an ox is as he who kills a man; he who sacrifices a lamb, as he who breaks a dog’s neck; he who offers an offering, as he who…
- Jeremiah 14:10 (v18) Yahweh says to this people, “Even so they have loved to wander. They have not restrained their feet. Therefore Yahweh does not accept them.…
- Jeremiah 14:12 (v18) When they fast, I will not hear their cry; and when they offer burnt offering and meal offering, I will not accept them; but I will consume…
- Ezekiel 18:20 (v18) The soul who sins, he shall die. The son shall not bear the iniquity of the father, neither shall the father bear the iniquity of the son.…
- Ezekiel 46:12 (v16) When the prince prepares a free will offering, a burnt offering or peace offerings as a free will offering to Yahweh, one shall open for…
- Hosea 8:13 (v18) As for the sacrifices of my offerings, they sacrifice meat and eat it; But Yahweh doesn’t accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity,…
- Amos 5:22 (v18) Yes, though you offer me your burnt offerings and meal offerings, I will not accept them; neither will I regard the peace offerings of your…
- Nahum 1:15 (v16) Behold, on the mountains the feet of him who brings good news, who publishes peace! Keep your feasts, Judah! Perform your vows, for the…
- Malachi 1:10 (v18) “Oh that there were one among you who would shut the doors, that you might not kindle fire on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,”…
- Malachi 1:13 (v18) You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was…
- Luke 16:15 (v18) He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men…
- Romans 4:11 (v18) He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might…
- Hebrews 9:28 (v18) so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, without sin, to those who are eagerly waiting…
- 1 Peter 2:24 (v18) He himself bore our sins in his body on the tree, that we, having died to sins, might live to righteousness. You were healed by his wounds.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On vv16, 18 If he makes a vow to offer: for else…
If he makes a vow to offer: for else the flesh of the peace offerings must be eaten the same day.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv16–18 Lev 7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering…
Lev 7:16 But if the sacrifice of his offering [be] a vow, or a voluntary offering, it shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice: and on the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten:
Ver. 16. And on the morrow also.] This was not allowed in a thank offering. {Lev 7:15} Hereby God would teach them, that he must be worshipped as himself appointeth, and not as they in their reason should think fit.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv16–18 Be a vow; offered in performance of a vow,…
Be a vow; offered in performance of a vow, the man having desired some special favour from God, and vowed the sacrifice to God if he would grant it. A
voluntary offering, which a malt freely offered to God, in testimony of his faith and love to God, without any particular injunction from God, or design of his own special advantage thereby. See Lev 22:23; Eze 46:12.
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On the morrow also the remainder of it shall be eaten, which was not allowed for the thankoffering; the reason of which difference is to be fetched only from God’s good pleasure and will, to which he expects our obedience, though we discern not the reason of his appointments.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv16–18 But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice…
But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day,.... What remained of it uneaten on the second day, and was kept till the third:
shall be burnt with fire; that it might neither corrupt, nor be put to superstitious uses, nor be of any profit in any respect; that so niggardliness and distrust of the care of Providence might be discouraged: perhaps some respect may be had in the type to the resurrection of Christ on the third day, having seen no corruption.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv16, 18 A vow - Offered in performance of a vow,…
A vow - Offered in performance of a vow, the man having desired some special favour from God, and vowed the sacrifice to God if he would grant it. On the morrow also - Which was not allowed for the thank-offering.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On vv16–17 Lev 7:16. If the sacrifice be a vow —…
Lev 7:16. If the sacrifice be a vow — Offered in performance of a vow, the offerer having desired some special favour from God, and vowed the sacrifice to God if he would grant it. A voluntary offering, which a person offered freely to God, in testimony of his faith and love, not being under the obligation of any particular vow of his own, or command from God. On the morrow also the remainder shall be eaten — Which was not allowed in the case of the thank-offering. The reason of which is to be fetched only from God’s good pleasure and will, to which he expects our obedience, though we discern not the reason of his appointments.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv16, 18 The vow-offering appears to have been a peace-offering vowed…
The vow-offering appears to have been a peace-offering vowed upon a certain condition; the voluntary-offering, one offered as the simple tribute of a devout heart rejoicing in peace with God and man offered on no external occasion (compare Lev 22:17-25).
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain On vv16–18 It. The victim of thanksgiving was more worthy, as…
It. The victim of thanksgiving was more worthy, as it proceeded from a more disinterested motive. (Menochius) --- Such victims as were perfectly voluntary might be received, though they had some defect, chap. xxii. 23.
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain On v18 if any of the flesh of the sacrifice .…
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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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv16, 18 16. A vow, or a voluntary offering — See…
16. A vow, or a voluntary offering — See Lev_7:11, note. Since these were inferior offerings, they were considered less sacred. Hence two days were allowed for eating them. There was little difficulty in this matter where friends were numerous and near. The requirement to eat within one or two days would often induce the offerer to invite the poor to this religious banquet. Theodoret, Clericus, and others, assert that the limit of two days was designed to compel the worshipper to invite the poor to his religious banquet. It is more probable that it is a safeguard against the desecration of holy things.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v18 18. it shall be an abomination] Heb. piggûl, a…
18. it shall be an abomination] Heb. piggûl, a word which occurs here and in Lev_19:7 of the flesh of the Peace-Offering which is eaten on the third day, and elsewhere only in Isa_65:4, broth of abominable things (Heb. piggûlim); Eze_4:14, abominable flesh (Heb. flesh of Piggûl). In both these passages food of an unclean character, perhaps mixed with blood, is referred to (cp. Rel. Sem.2, 343, note 3). The word is a common technical term in the Mishna. It is unfortunate that both here and in Lev_7:21 ‘abomination,’ which is generally the translation of tô‘çbhah, should be employed as the English equivalent of two other Heb. words, but it is difficult to find a good English word for piggûl.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv16–18 (16) Be a vow or a voluntary offering.—The vow…
(16) Be a vow or a voluntary offering.—The vow and the voluntary offering which constitute the second class of peace offerings are both entirely voluntary. The distinction between them, as defined by the canon law, which obtained in the time of Christ, is as follows :—A vow (nçdçr) is an obligation voluntarily imposed upon oneself with the formula, “Behold, I take it upon myself to bring a bullock, &c., for a peace offering.” This undertaking is binding upon the person till he fulfils it. Hence, if the bullock in question dies, or is stolen, or becomes disqualified for a sacrifice, he must bring another. A free-will offering (nedabah) simply pledges voluntarily a certain animal for a peace offering, with the formula, “ Behold, this animal I devote for a peace offering.” Hence, if the animal in question dies, or is stolen, or has otherwise become disqualified for sacrifice, the obligation ceases, since it does not extend beyond the animal thus devoted.
It shall be eaten the same day.—As both these votive offerings were an indirect mode of supplication having respect to future favours, and hence were not a spontaneous expression of pious devotion, they were not so sacred as the former. They were, therefore, allowed to be eaten both on the day of presentation and on the following day.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On v16 Vers. 16-27. The sanctity of the service of God.
Vers. 16-27. The sanctity of the service of God.
The peace offering may be offered for thanksgiving, in which case it has appropriate ceremonies (verses 12-15). There is also the peace offering of a vow, the ceremonies of which are the same as those of the voluntary offering. (verse 16; also Lev_19:5-8) In connection with this subject, we are admonished of the sanctity of the service of God; and similar admonitions arc given in what follows.
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I WE SEE THIS SANCTITY IN THE SANCTIONS OF THE LAW OF THE PEACE OFFERING.
1. Consider the precept.
(1) Look at it in the letter. "It shall be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice." The same day in which the fat is burnt on the altar, the flesh is consumed by the worshipper and his friends. What remains must be eaten on the morrow. If any remain over to the third day, it must not then be eaten, but burnt with fire.
(2) The first reason for this is hygienic. The flesh would, of course, be wholesome on the day it was killed, and so it would continue to be on the day following. But on the third day, in a hot climate, it would tend to corruption. The laws of health are well considered in the Levitical system, upon which account the study of that system may be commended to the votaries of social science.
(3) But there must be a deeper reason still, else the penalties would not be so formidable as they are. The peace offering was undoubtedly a type of Christ in his passion. (Eph_2:13-18) Our Lord was two days in the tomb after his death without seeing corruption. Then rising from the dead on the third day, the typical sacrifices of the Law, having answered their end, were abolished, This abolition was foreshadowed in the burning of what remained of the peace offering on the third day. (1Co_15:3) To eat of the typical peace offering on the third day would be therefore highly improper, as it would suggest return to the "beggarly elements" after the "bringing in of the better hope". (Gal_3:3 Gal_4:9-11, Gal_4:30, 31 5:1-4)
(4) If the" third day" represent the Christian dispensation in which typical sacrifices are done away, how are we to view the "two days" during which they were serviceable? There were exactly two great dispensations before the Christian, in which typical sacrifices were ordained, viz. first, the Patriarchal, from Adam to Moses; and secondly, the Levitical, from Moses to Christ.
2. Consider the penalties.
(1) If the flesh of the peace offering be eaten on the third day, the sacrifice "shall not be accepted." The reason will now be obvious. In the third, or gospel, dispensation, there is a better Sacrifice. Typical sacrifices are now out of place and worthless, since the Antitype is come.
(2) "It shall not be imputed to him that offereth it." The typical sacrifices were useful in procuring the "forbearance of God" until the true atonement should be made; but now it is made, Christ will profit them nothing who return to the Law,
(3) "He shall bear his sin." He shall be treated as the sacrifice was treated. He shall himself be sacrificed for his own sin.
II THIS SANCTITY IS FURTHER SEEN IN THE PENALTIES IMPOSED IN OTHER CASES. Thus:
1. When the flesh of sacrifice is unlawfully eaten.
(1) This would happen if it had touched "any unclean thing" (verse 19). Instead of being eaten, it should then be "burnt with fire." The teaching is that an unclean thing is of no use for purposes of atonement. The sacrifice of Christ could not be accepted were he not immaculate.
(2) It would happen if the cater were unclean. "As for the flesh, all that be clean shall eat thereof" (Hebrew, "The flesh of all that is clean shall eat the flesh"), i.e. , every clean person shall eat the flesh of his peace offering. As Christ is without spot of sin, so is his flesh meat only to the holy. "But the soul" etc. (verses 20, 21). To the wicked, the very gospel becomes the savour of death. (1Co_11:29 2Co_2:15, 2Co_2:16)
2. When holy things are profaned.
(1) When the fat is eaten (verse 23) the fat of such animals as were offered in sacrifice. There is no law against the eating of the fat of the roebuck or the hart. And that portion of the fat which was offered in sacrifice. The fat mingled with the flesh, which was not burnt on the altar, was not forbidden. There must be the most careful avoidance of whatever would profane the sacrifice of Christ. The fat even of an animal of the sacrificial kind, which by any accident might be rendered unfit for sacrifice, must not be eaten (verse 24). The moral here is that the very appearance of evil must be avoided.
(2) When the blood is eaten. This law is universal. Blood, viz. of every description of animal, is forbidden. The Jews properly expound this law as forbidding the blood of the life as distinguished from the gravy . And the reason given for the prohibition is that the life maketh atonement for the life. Our life, which is redeemed by the life of Jesus sacrificed for us, must be wholly given to God. The highest sanctity is associated with the blood of Christ.
(3) "That soul shall be cut off from his people" (verses 20, 21, 25, 27). The penalty in all these cases is extreme. It means separation from religious and civil privileges, if not also death. The penalties of the Mosaic Law terminated in the death of the body; but "a much sorer punishment" is reserved for those who despise and desecrate the blood of Christ. J.A.M. (Heb_10:28, Heb_10:29)
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v17 on the third day
on the third day
Third is the ordinal number for three. AT: "after two days" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
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must be burned
This can be translated in active form. AT: "the person must burn it" (See: Active or Passive)
If any of the meat of the sacrifice of one's peace offering is eaten on the third day
This can be translated in active form. AT: "If anyone eats the meat of his peace offering sacrifice on the third day" (See: Active or Passive)
it will not be accepted
This can be stated in active form. AT: "Yahweh will not accept it" (See: Active or Passive)
neither will it be credited to the one who offered it
This can be stated in active form. AT: "neither will Yahweh honor the sacrifice that the person offered" (See: Active or Passive)
will carry the guilt of his sin
A person being responsible for the sin he committed is spoken of as if he had to carry the guilt physically. (See: Metaphor)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv16, 18 7:16-18 In contrast to the “peace offering of thanksgiving,”…
7:16-18 In contrast to the “peace offering of thanksgiving,” which was presented as an expression of thanks to the Lord (7:12-15), the offering to fulfill a vow related to a vow made by a worshiper. The festive meal that followed was more relaxed and could extend into the next day. However, because the vow offering involved a vow made to God, it was still more restrictive than the voluntary offering, which could even use a deformed animal (22:23).
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