Leviticus 7:11-21
Legacy Standard Bible
11 ‘Now this is the law of the (A)sacrifice of peace offerings which shall be brought near to Yahweh. 12 If he brings it near for (B)thanksgiving, then along with the sacrifice of thanksgiving he shall bring near (C)unleavened cakes mixed with oil and unleavened wafers [a]spread with oil and cakes of well stirred fine flour mixed with oil. 13 With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall bring near his offering with cakes of (D)leavened bread. 14 Of [b]this he shall bring near, one of every offering as a [c]contribution to Yahweh; (E)it shall [d]belong to the priest who splashes the blood of the peace offerings.
15 ‘(F)Now 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 (G)votive or a freewill offering, it shall be eaten on the day that he brings near his sacrifice, and on the [e]next day what is left of it may be eaten; 17 (H)but 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 brings it near will not be accepted, and it will not be counted to his benefit. It shall be an (I)offensive 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. [f]As for other flesh, anyone who is clean may eat such flesh. 20 (J)But the person who eats the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, [g]in his uncleanness, that person (K)shall be cut off from his people. 21 (L)When anyone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness or an unclean animal or any unclean [h]detestable thing, and eats of the flesh of the sacrifice of peace offerings which belong to Yahweh, that person shall be cut off from his people.’”
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- Leviticus 7:12 Or anointed
- Leviticus 7:14 Lit it
- Leviticus 7:14 Or heave offering
- Leviticus 7:14 Lit be for
- Leviticus 7:16 Lit morrow and what
- Leviticus 7:19 Lit And the flesh
- Leviticus 7:20 Lit and his uncleanness is on him
- Leviticus 7:21 Some mss swarming thing
Leviticus 7:11-21
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Fellowship Sacrifice
11 “Now this is the law of the fellowship sacrifice(A) that someone may present to the Lord: 12 If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice,[a](B) he is to present unleavened cakes(C) mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers(D) coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. 13 He is to present as his offering cakes of leavened bread[b] with his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship. 14 From the cakes he must present one portion of each offering as a contribution(E) to the Lord. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the fellowship offering; it is his. 15 The meat of his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship must be eaten on the day he offers it;(F) he may not leave any of it until morning.(G)
16 “If the sacrifice he offers is a vow[c](H) or a freewill offering,[d](I) it is to be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and what is left over may be eaten on the next day. 17 But what remains of the sacrificial meat by the third day must be burned up.(J) 18 If any of the meat of his fellowship sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted.(K) It will not be credited to the one who presents it; it is repulsive.(L) The person who eats any of it will be responsible for his sin.[e]
19 “Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned up. Everyone who is clean may eat any other meat. 20 But the one who eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean,[f] that person must be cut off from his people.(M) 21 If someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, detestable[g](N) creature, and eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice, that person must be cut off from his people.”
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- Leviticus 7:12 The thanksgiving sacrifice is the first of three kinds of fellowship sacrifices. It was given to express gratitude to God (Jr 33:11) in circumstances such as answered prayer (Ps 50:14-15) or safe travel (Ps 107:22-25).
- Leviticus 7:13 Although yeast was prohibited from being burned on the altar (Lv 2:11), leavened bread could still be an offering (Lv 23:17-20) to be eaten by the priests and their families.
- Leviticus 7:16 The vow offering, the second category of fellowship sacrifice, was brought as an expression of gratitude to fulfill a vow; Gn 28:20; 2Sm 15:7-8; Pr 7:14.
- Leviticus 7:16 The freewill offering, the third category of fellowship sacrifice, was a voluntary expression of gratitude toward God for any reason; Dt 16:10; Ps 54:6.
- Leviticus 7:18 Or will bear his guilt
- Leviticus 7:20 Lit while his uncleanness is upon him
- Leviticus 7:21 Some Hb mss, Sam, Syr, Tg read swarming
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