Leviticus 19:8 (YLT)

Passage

and he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people.

Nearby Context

Leviticus 19:6 in the day of your sacrificing it is eaten, and on the morrow, and that which is left unto the third day with fire is burnt,

Leviticus 19:7 and if it be really eaten on the third day, it <FI>is<Fi> an abomination, it is not pleasing,

Leviticus 19:8 and he who is eating it his iniquity doth bear, for the holy thing of Jehovah he hath polluted, and that person hath been cut off from his people.

Leviticus 19:9 `And in your reaping the harvest of your land ye do not completely reap the corner of thy field, and the gleaning of thy harvest thou dost not gather,

Leviticus 19:10 and thy vineyard thou dost not glean, even the omitted part of thy vineyard thou dost not gather, to the poor and to the sojourner thou dost leave them; I <FI>am<Fi> Jehovah your God.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "eating", "iniquity", "doth", "bear", "holy", "jehovah", "hath", and "polluted". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "eating" and "iniquity", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 7's "and if it be really eaten on..." into verse 9's "And in your reaping the harvest of...", so "eating" and "iniquity" 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 "eating" and "iniquity" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.