Leviticus 19:6 (ASV)

Passage

It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:4 Turn ye not unto idols, nor make to yourselves molten gods: I am Jehovah your God.

Leviticus 19:5 And when ye offer a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, ye shall offer it that ye may be accepted.

Leviticus 19:6 It shall be eaten the same day ye offer it, and on the morrow: and if aught remain until the third day, it shall be burnt with fire.

Leviticus 19:7 And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an abomination; it shall not be accepted:

Leviticus 19:8 but every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the holy thing of Jehovah: and that soul shall be cut off from his people.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "eaten", "same", "offer", "morrow", "aught", "remain", and "until". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "eaten", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And when ye offer a sacrifice of..." into verse 7's "And if it be eaten at all...", so "shall" and "eaten" belong inside that flow. In Leviticus context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "shall" and "eaten" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.