Leviticus 19:7-8

19:7 If, however, it is eaten ¹  on the third day, it is spoiled, ²  it will not be accepted, 19:8 and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity ³  because he has profaned ⁴  what is holy to the Lord. ⁵  That person will be cut off from his people. ⁶ 

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¹ tn Heb “And if being eaten [infinitive absolute] it is eaten [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.

² tn Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422, on Lev 7:18.

³ tn See the note on Lev 17:16 above.

⁴ sn Regarding “profaned,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.

⁵ tn Heb “the holiness of the Lord.”

⁶ sn On the “cut off” penalty see the note on Lev 7:20.