Leviticus - 19:7



7 If it is eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination. It will not be accepted;

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Explanation and meaning of Leviticus 19:7.

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And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is abominable; it shall not be accepted.
If after two days ally man eat thereof, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety:
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an unclean thing: it shall not be accepted.
and if it be really eaten on the third day, it is an abomination, it is not pleasing,
If any of it is used for food on the third day, it is a disgusting thing and will not be pleasing to the Lord.
And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is a vile thing; it shall not be accepted.
If anyone, after two days, will have eaten from it, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety.
Quod si comedendo comedatur die tertio, profanum erit, neque placebit.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

It is be eaten - on the third day - See the note on Leviticus 7:15.

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it [is] abominable; it shall not be (c) accepted.
(c) To wit, of God.

And if it be eaten at all on the third day,.... Or "in eating be eaten" (k) any of it be eaten, the least bit of it:
it is abominable; it is as any common thing, as if it was no sacrifice; yea, as if it was corrupt and putrefied flesh; nay, as what is abominable to God: and therefore it follows:
it shall not be accepted; of the Lord, but rejected, his will not being attended to.
(k) "comedendo, comedetur", Drusius.

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