The permission to eat meat even on the second day is surprising, because in a hot climate like that of the Near East meat spoils very quickly. Consequently it was strictly forbidden to eat any meat remaining on the third day. It had to be burned.

With fire: following the verb “to burn,” this may be considered redundant in many languages because it follows the verb “to burn.” If this is the case, it may be omitted in translation.

Quoted with permission from Péter-Contesse, René and Ellington, John. A Handbook on Leviticus. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 1990. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .