Discovery BoxLeviticus 19:7-8 
Context19:7 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
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
