Leviticus 19:7 (DRB)

Passage

If after two days any man eat thereof, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety:

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:5 If ye offer in sacrifice a peace offering to the Lord, that he may be favourable:

Leviticus 19:6 You shall eat it on the same day it was offered, and the next day. And whatsoever shall be left until the third day, you shall burn with fire.

Leviticus 19:7 If after two days any man eat thereof, he shall be profane and guilty of impiety:

Leviticus 19:8 And shall bear his iniquity, because he hath defiled the holy thing of the Lord. And that soul shall perish from among his people.

Leviticus 19:9 When thou reapest the corn of thy land, thou shalt not cut down all that is on the face of the earth to the very ground: nor shalt thou gather the ears that remain.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "after", "days", "thereof", "shall", "profane", "guilty", and "impiety". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "after" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 6's "You shall eat it on the same..." into verse 8's "And shall bear his iniquity because he...", so "after" and "days" 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 "after" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.