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16 However, if the sacrifice offered is a votive or a voluntary offering,[a] it shall be eaten on the day the sacrifice is offered, and on the next day what is left over may be eaten.(A) 17 But what is left over of the meat of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned in the fire. 18 If indeed any of the flesh of the communion sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it shall not be accepted; it will not be reckoned to the credit of the one offering it. Rather it becomes a desecrated meat. Anyone who eats of it shall bear the penalty.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:16 Votive or a voluntary offering: these are not specific types of offerings but rather motivations for bringing the communion sacrifice (cf. 22:18). A votive offering is brought as the consequence of a promise (vow) made to God. A voluntary offering is a spontaneous gift to God independent of a prior promise. See note on 27:2–13.
  2. 7:18 Bear the penalty: this refers in many cases to punishment by God (cf. 17:16; 19:8; 20:17, 19; Nm 18:1, 23; 30:16).

16 “‘If, however, their offering is the result of a vow(A) or is a freewill offering,(B) the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day.(C) 17 Any meat of the sacrifice left over till the third day must be burned up.(D) 18 If any meat of the fellowship offering(E) is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted.(F) It will not be reckoned(G) to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.(H)

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