Leviticus 19:8

8 Those who eat it will be punished because they have dishonored what is holy to the LORD. They must be excluded from the people.

Leviticus 19:8 Meaning and Commentary

Leviticus 19:8

Therefore [everyone] that eateth it shall bear his iniquity,
&c.] Be chargeable with sin, be pronounced guilty, and endure the punishment, which is cutting off, ( Leviticus 7:20 ) :

because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the Lord;
the flesh of the peace offerings, by keeping it longer than the fixed time for it, when it was liable to corruption and putrefaction; for after the inwards and the fat of them were offered, as Aben Ezra says, the flesh was holy, and to be eaten as an holy thing, and within the time the law required, or otherwise it was profaned and polluted:

and that soul shall be cut off from among his people;
be deprived of his civil and religious privileges, or be punished by the hand of the civil magistrate, or else by the immediate hand of God.

Leviticus 19:8 In-Context

6 Eat your sacrifice on the day you bring it and on the next day. On the third day burn whatever is left over.

7 If you eat any of it on the third day, it is repulsive and will not be accepted.

8 Those who eat it will be punished because they have dishonored what is holy to the LORD. They must be excluded from the people.

9 "When you harvest the grain in your land, don't harvest the grain in the corners of your fields or gather what is left after you're finished.

10 Don't harvest your vineyard a second time or pick up fallen grapes. Leave them for poor people and foreigners. I am the LORD your God.