Leviticus 19:7 (DBY)

Passage

And if it be eaten at all on the third day, it is an unclean thing: it shall not be accepted.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:5 And if ye sacrifice a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, ye shall sacrifice it for your acceptance.

Leviticus 19:6 On the day when ye sacrifice it shall it be eaten, and on the morrow; and that which remaineth until the third day shall be burned with fire.

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

Leviticus 19:8 And he that eateth it shall bear his iniquity; for he hath profaned the hallowed thing of Jehovah; and that soul shall be cut off from among his peoples.

Leviticus 19:9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou shalt not gather.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "eaten", "third", "unclean", "shall", and "accepted". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "eaten" and "third", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "On the day when ye sacrifice it..." into verse 8's "And he that eateth it shall bear...", so "eaten" and "third" 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 "eaten" and "third" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.