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If, however, it is eaten[a] on the third day, it is spoiled;[b] it will not be accepted, and the one who eats it will bear his punishment for iniquity[c] because he has profaned[d] what is holy to the Lord.[e] That person will be cut off from his people.[f]

Leaving the Gleanings

“‘When you gather in the harvest[g] of your land, you must not completely harvest the corner of your field,[h] and you must not gather up the gleanings of your harvest.

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 19:7 tn Heb “And if being eaten [infinitive absolute] it is eaten [finite verb].” For the infinitive absolute used to highlight contrast rather than emphasis see GKC 343 §113.p.
  2. Leviticus 19:7 tn Or “desecrated,” or “defiled,” or “forbidden.” For this difficult term see J. Milgrom, Leviticus (AB), 1:422, on Lev 7:18.
  3. Leviticus 19:8 tn See the note on Lev 17:16 above.
  4. Leviticus 19:8 sn Regarding “profaned,” see the note on Lev 10:10 above.
  5. Leviticus 19:8 tn Heb “the holiness of the Lord.”
  6. Leviticus 19:8 sn On the “cut off” penalty see the note on Lev 7:20.
  7. Leviticus 19:9 tn Heb “And in your harvesting the harvest.”
  8. Leviticus 19:9 tn Heb “you shall not complete the corner of your field to harvest.”