Leviticus 19:8

8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible because they have desecrated what is holy to the LORD; they must be cut off from their people.

Leviticus 19:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 Therefore every one that eateth it shall bear his iniquity, because he hath profaned the hallowed thing of the LORD: and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.
ESV
8 and everyone who eats it shall bear his iniquity, because he has profaned what is holy to the LORD, and that person shall be cut off from his people.
NLT
8 Anyone who eats it on the third day will be punished for defiling what is holy to the LORD and will be cut off from the community.
MSG
8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible because he has violated what is holy to God. That person will be cut off from his people.
CSB
8 Anyone who eats it will bear his punishment, for he has profaned what is holy to the Lord. That person must be cut off from his people.

Leviticus 19:8 In-Context

6 It shall be eaten on the day you sacrifice it or on the next day; anything left over until the third day must be burned up.
7 If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is impure and will not be accepted.
8 Whoever eats it will be held responsible because they have desecrated what is holy to the LORD; they must be cut off from their people.
9 “ ‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest.
10 Do not go over your vineyard a second time or pick up the grapes that have fallen. Leave them for the poor and the foreigner. I am the LORD your God.

Cross References 3

  • 1. S Leviticus 5:1
  • 2. Lev 22:2,15,16; Numbers 18:32
  • 3. S Genesis 17:14
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