And if any of the flesh of the consecration offerings, or of the bread, remains until the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire. It shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
Parallel translations
- WEB If anything of the meat of the consecration, or of the bread, remains to the morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
- KJV And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the bread, remain unto the morning, then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire: it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
- BSB And if any of the meat of ordination or any bread is left until the morning, you are to burn up the remainder. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred.
- NASB And if any of the flesh of ordination or any of the bread remains until morning, then you shall burn the remainder with fire; it shall not be eaten, because it is holy.
- NLT If any of the ordination meat or bread remains until the morning, it must be burned. It may not be eaten, for it is holy.
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Quick answer
Any leftover meat or bread was to be burned by morning, not eaten, because it was holy. The sacred food could not be treated as ordinary or kept past its time.
Overview
Burning the remainder prevented the holy offering from being profaned or spoiled. The instruction guarded the sanctity of what was dedicated to God. This reverence for the holy reminds us that the things of God are not to be treated carelessly but with awe and obedience.
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Cross-references · 8
- Exod 12:10You shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; but that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
- Lev 8:32What remains of the meat and of the bread you shall burn with fire.
- Exod 29:22Also you shall take some of the ram’s fat, the fat tail, the fat that covers the innards, the cover of the liver, the two kidneys, the fat that is on them, and the right thigh (for it is a ram of consecration),
- Lev 10:16Moses diligently inquired about the goat of the sin offering, and, behold, it was burned: and he was angry with Eleazar and with Ithamar, the sons of Aaron who were left, saying,
- Exod 29:28and it shall be for Aaron and his sons as their portion forever from the children of Israel; for it is a wave offering: and it shall be a wave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifices of their peace offerings, even their wave offering to Yahweh.
- Exod 16:19Moses said to them, “Let no one leave of it until the morning.”
- Exod 29:26“You shall take the breast of Aaron’s ram of consecration, and wave it for a wave offering before Yahweh: and it shall be your portion.
- Lev 7:18–19If any of the meat of the sacrifice of his peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted, and it shall not be credited to him who offers it. It will be an abomination, and the soul who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.
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