Negative Commandment #393 of 613

Do not eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions

Commandment #393a prohibition from Leviticus 7:18, classified under Sacrifices and Offerings in the 613 commandments of the Torah.

Scripture

So if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings should ever be eaten on the third day, he who offers it will not be accepted, and it will not be reckoned to his benefit. It shall be an offensive thing, and the person who eats of it will bear his own iniquity.

Leviticus 7:18

Hebrew

יח וְאִם הֵאָכֹל יֵאָכֵל מִבְּשַׂר-זֶבַח שְׁלָמָיו בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, לֹא יֵרָצֶה--הַמַּקְרִיב אֹתוֹ לֹא יֵחָשֵׁב לוֹ, פִּגּוּל יִהְיֶה; וְהַנֶּפֶשׁ הָאֹכֶלֶת מִמֶּנּוּ, עֲו‍ֹנָהּ תִּשָּׂא.

Greek (Septuagint)

18 ἐὰν δὲ φαγὼν φάγῃ ἀπὸ τῶν κρεῶν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ τρίτῃ, οὐ δεχθήσεται αὐτῷ τῷ προσφέροντι αὐτό, οὐ λογισθήσεται αὐτῷ, μίασμά ἐστιν· ἡ δὲ ψυχή, ἥτις ἐὰν φάγῃ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ, τὴν ἁμαρτίαν λήμψεται.

Classification

Type
Negative (Thou Shalt Not)
Book
leviticus
Chapter
7

Scholarly References

Parashah
Tzav
Sefer HaChinuch
#144
Mishneh Torah
ServiceSacrifices Become Unfit

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