Leviticus 7:13-23

13 'With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of ¹leavened bread.

14 'Of this he shall present one of every offering as a contribution to the LORD; ²it shall belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offerings.

15 '³Now as for the flesh of the sacrifice of his thanksgiving peace offerings, it shall be eaten on the day of his offering; he shall not leave any of it over until morning.

16 'But if the sacrifice of his offering is a ⁴votive or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he offers his sacrifice, and on the next day what is left of it may be eaten;

17 ⁵but what is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.

18 'So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an ⁶offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.

19 'Also the flesh that touches anything unclean shall not be eaten; it shall be burned with fire. As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh.

20 '⁷But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, in his uncleanness, that person ⁸shall be cut off from his people.

21 '⁹When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, or an unclean animal, or any unclean detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to the LORD, that person shall be cut off from his people.' "

22 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

23 "Speak to the sons of Israel, saying, 'You shall not eat ¹⁰any fat from an ox, a sheep or a goat.

Leviticus 7:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO LEVITICUS 7

The several things contained in this chapter are the law of the trespass offering, Le 7:1-7 the portion the priests had in the burnt offerings and meat offerings, Le 7:8-10 the law of the peace offerings, whether by way of thanksgiving, or a vow, or voluntary oblation, Le 7:11-21 the prohibition of fat and blood, Le 7:22-27 the parts the priests should have in the peace offerings, the breast and right shoulder, Le 7:28-36 and the chapter is concluded with a recapitulation of the various things contained in this and the preceding chapters, Le 7:37,38.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 2:12; Leviticus 23:17, 18; Amos 4:5
• 2. Num 18:8, 11, 19
• 3. Leviticus 22:29, 30
• 4. Leviticus 19:5-8
• 5. Exodus 12:10
• 6. Leviticus 19:7; Proverbs 15:8
• 7. Leviticus 22:3-7; Numbers 19:13
• 8. Leviticus 7:25
• 9. Leviticus 5:2, 3
• 10. Leviticus 3:17

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "it"
• [b] Or "heave offering"
• [c] Lit "be for"
• [d] Lit "morrow and what"
• [e] Lit "And the flesh"
• [f] Lit "and his uncleanness is on him"
• [g] Some mss read "swarming thing"