God’s Word Translation
Leviticus 7:15
15“The meat from your fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered. Never leave any of it until morning.
Leviticus 7:15 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.
- New International Version (NIV)The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten on the day of his offering. He shall not leave any of it until the morning.
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘The flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offering for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day it is offered. He shall not leave any of it until morning.
Context of Leviticus 7:15
13In addition to these rings of bread, you must bring bread with yeast along with your fellowship offering of thanksgiving. 14From every offering you must bring one loaf to the Lord as a ⌞special⌟ contribution. It will belong to the priest who throws the blood of the fellowship offering. “The meat from your fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered. Never leave any of it until morning. 16“If your sacrificial offering is something you vowed or a freewill offering, it must be eaten the day you offer it or the next day. 17However, on the third day any meat left over from the sacrifice must be burned.
Read all of Leviticus 7Leviticus 7:15 word by word
וּבְשַׂ֗ר זֶ֚בַח תּוֹדַ֣ת שְׁלָמָ֔יו בְּי֥וֹם קָרְבָּנ֖וֹ יֵאָכֵ֑ל לֹֽא־יַנִּ֥יחַ מִמֶּ֖נּוּ עַד־בֹּֽקֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And the fleshבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
- of the sacrificeזֶ֫בַחzebach · sacrificeH2077
- of his peace offeringsשֶׁ֫לֶםshelem · peace offeringH8002
- for thanksgivingתּוֹדָהtôdâh · thanksgivingH8426
- shall be eatenאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
- the same dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- that it is offeredקׇרְבָּןqorbân qûrbân · offeringH7133
- he shall not leaveיָנַחyânach · to restH3240
- any of it until the morningבֹּ֫קֶרbôqer · morningH1242
Cross-references for Leviticus 7:15
- Leviticus 22:29“When you sacrifice a thank offering to the Lord, do it in the proper way.
- Exodus 12:10Don’t leave any of it until morning. Anything left over in the morning must be burned up.
- Exodus 16:19Then Moses said to them, “No one may keep any of it until morning.”
- Ecclesiastes 9:10Whatever presents itself for you to do, do it with ⌞all⌟ your might, because there is no work, planning, knowledge, or skill in the grave where you’re going.
- John 9:4We must do what the one who sent me wants us to do while it is day. The night when no one can do anything is coming.
- 2 Corinthians 6:2God says, “At the right time I heard you. On the day of salvation I helped you.” Listen, now is God’s acceptable time! Now is the day of salvation!
- Hebrews 3:13Encourage each other every day while you have the opportunity. If you do this, none of you will be deceived by sin and become stubborn.
Commentaries on Leviticus 7:15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15He shall not leave any of it until the morning - Because in such a hot country it was apt to putrefy, and as it was considered to be holy, it would have been very improper to expose that to putrefaction which had been consecrated to the Divine Being. Mr. Harmer supposes that the law here refers rather to the custom of drying flesh which had been devoted to religious purposes, which is practiced among the Mohammedans to the present time. This, he thinks…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-27Verses 11-27 As to the peace-offerings, in the expression of their sense of mercy, God left them more at liberty, than in the expression of their sense of sin; that their sacrifices, being free-will offerings, might be the more acceptable, while, by obliging them to bring the sacrifices of atonement, God shows the necessity of the great Propitiation. The main reason why blood was forbidden of old, was because the Lord had appointed blood for an atonement…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15Worshipers presented the thanksgiving offering as an expression of gratitude (Jeremiah 17:26; 33:11). They had to eat the sacrifice on the same day they offered it. This rule helped the worshiper remember the reason for giving thanks.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-1715-17. the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings ... shall be eaten the same day that it is offered--The flesh of the sacrifices was eaten on the day of the offering or on the day following. But if any part of it remained till the third day, it was, instead of being made use of, to be burned with fire. In the East, butcher-meat is generally eaten the day it is killed, and it is rarely kept a second day, so that as a prohibition was issued against…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Leviticus 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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