The Meaning of Leviticus 7:17 Explained

Leviticus 7:17

KJV: But the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.

YLT: and the remnant of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day with fire is burnt;

Darby: and the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burned with fire.

ASV: but that which remaineth of the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day shall be burnt with fire.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

But the remainder  of the flesh  of the sacrifice  on the third  day  shall be burnt  with fire. 

What does Leviticus 7:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Leviticus 7:11-21 - Law Of The Peace-Offering
Here begins the law of the peace-offerings, containing additional directions to those given in Leviticus 3:1-17. They are classified as (1) thank-offerings, (2) vow-offerings and (3) voluntary-offerings. When the soul is full of gratitude, as was Hannah when Samuel was granted her in answer to prayer, what is more natural than that it should render some tangible recognition to Him, from whom cometh every good and perfect gift!
We are ready enough to cry to God in times of great sorrow, but are too forgetful of His benefits when the cloud passes and the sun shines again. In Israel the recognition took the form of a feast, in which the divine fire and the suppliant seem to feed together. The careful prohibition of the flesh remaining over was probably to teach that fresh mercies call for new songs. It had the further result of enforcing a liberal distribution of food among the poor. See also the connection of this thought with Psalms 16:10. [source]

Chapter Summary: Leviticus 7

1  The law of the trespass offering
11  and of the peace offering
12  whether it be for a thanksgiving
16  or a vow, or a free will offering
22  the fat and the blood are forbidden
28  The priests' portion in the peace offerings
35  The whole summed up

What do the individual words in Leviticus 7:17 mean?

and the remainder of the flesh of the sacrifice on the day third with fire must be burned
וְהַנּוֹתָ֖ר מִבְּשַׂ֣ר הַזָּ֑בַח בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י בָּאֵ֖שׁ יִשָּׂרֵֽף

וְהַנּוֹתָ֖ר  and  the  remainder 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Verb, Nifal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: יָתַר  
Sense: to be left over, remain, remain over, leave.
מִבְּשַׂ֣ר  of  the  flesh 
Parse: Preposition-m, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בָּשָׂר  
Sense: flesh.
הַזָּ֑בַח  of  the  sacrifice 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: זֶבַח  
Sense: sacrifice.
בַּיּוֹם֙  on  the  day 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יׄום 
Sense: day, time, year.
הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י  third 
Parse: Article, Number, ordinal masculine singular
Root: שְׁלִישִׁי 
Sense: third, one third, third part, third time.
בָּאֵ֖שׁ  with  fire 
Parse: Preposition-b, Article, Noun, common singular
Root: אֵשׁ  
Sense: fire.
יִשָּׂרֵֽף  must  be  burned 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שָׂרַף  
Sense: to burn.