“And if any of the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings be eaten at all on the third day, it shall not be accepted, neither shall it be imputed unto him that offereth it: it shall be an abomination, and the soul that eateth of it shall bear his iniquity.”
If any meat of the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted. It will not be credited to them; it will be impure, and the person who eats any of it will be responsible for the outcome. The technical term for the third-day meat is piggul — a word that appears only here and in Leviticus 19:7 and Ezekiel 4:14. Piggul means something offensive or disqualified — the meat that has exceeded its sacred window has become not merely stale but ritually invalid. The offering that was presented with the intention of eating the leftovers on the third day is rejected — the disqualifying intention voids the offering at the moment of presentation. The intention to violate the offering's rules disqualifies the offering itself.
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