Discovery BoxLeviticus 7:16-18 
Context7:16 “‘If his offering is a votive or freewill sacrifice, 1 it may be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and also the leftovers from it may be eaten on the next day, 2 7:17 but the leftovers from the meat of the sacrifice must be burned up in the fire 3 on the third day. 7:18 If some of the meat of his peace offering sacrifice is ever eaten on the third day it will not be accepted; it will not be accounted to the one who presented it, since it is spoiled, 4 and the person who eats from it will bear his punishment for iniquity. 5
1 tn For the distinction between votive and freewill offerings see the note on Lev 22:23 and the literature cited there.
2 tn Heb “and on the next day and the left over from it shall be eaten.”
3 tn Heb “burned with fire,” an expression which is sometimes redundant in English, but here means “burned up,” “burned up entirely” (likewise in v. 19).
4 tn Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422. Cf. NIV “it is impure”; NCV “it will become unclean”; NLT “will be contaminated.”
5 tn Heb “his iniquity he shall bear” (cf. Lev 5:1); NIV “will be held responsible”; NRSV “shall incur guilt”; TEV “will suffer the consequences.”
