^19:6It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and on the following day,⁴ but what is left over until the third day must be burned up.⁵^19:7If, however, it is eaten⁶ on the third day, it is spoiled,⁷ it will not be accepted, ^19:8and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity⁸ because he has profaned⁹ what is holy to the Lord.¹⁰ That person will be cut off from his people.¹¹

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Footnotes

4 Heb “from the following day” ( מָחֳרָת 2.b).
5 Heb “shall be burned with fire”; “shall be burnt in the fire.” Because “to burn with fire” is redundant in contemporary English the present translation simply has “must be burned up.”
6 Heb “And if being eaten [infinitive absolute] it is eaten [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see §113.p.
7 Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (), 1:, on .
8 See the note on above.
9 Regarding “profaned,” see the note on above.
10 Heb “the holiness of the Lord.”
11 On the “cut off” penalty see the note on .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

It shall be eaten the same day you offer it or on the day after, and anything left over until the third day shall be burned up with fire. If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is tainted; it will not be accepted, and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the Lord, and that person shall be cut off from his people.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up. If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted. Whoever eats it will be held responsible because they have desecrated what is holy to the Lord; they must be cut off from their people.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is to be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day, but what remains on the third day must be burned. If any is eaten on the third day, it is a repulsive thing; it will not be accepted. Anyone who eats it will bear his iniquity, for he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person is to be cut off from his people.

NLTNew Living Translation

The sacrifice must be eaten on the same day you offer it or on the next day. Whatever is left over until the third day must be completely burned up. If any of the sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will be contaminated, and I will not accept it. Anyone who eats it on the third day will be punished for defiling what is holy to the Lord and will be cut off from the community.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

It must be eaten on the day of your sacrifice and the next day; but the remainder must be burned up in the fire by the third day. And if it is indeed eaten on the third day, it is unclean meat; it shall not be regarded as accepted. And the one who eats it shall bear his guilt, because he has profaned Yahweh’s holiness, and that person shall be cut off from his people.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted. 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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