Do not eat from sacrifices offered with improper intentions

Commandment Details

• Mishneh Torah #: 393
• Mishneh Torah Book #: 8
• Mishneh Torah Book: Service
• Mishneh Torah Category: 45- Sacrifices Become Unfit
• Reference: Leviticus 7:18
• Scripture Book: Leviticus
• Scripture Chapter: 7
• Scripture Verse: 18
• English: 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.
• 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: 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.
• Parashah: 25- Tzav
• Sefer Hachinuch #: 144
• Sef. Hach. Command: The prohibition against piggul, 'vile meat'
• Category: Sacrifices and Offerings
• We can perform today: No