Leviticus 7:11–34

Fellowship-Offerings

¹¹The following are the regulations for the fellowship offerings presented to the Lord. ¹²If a man makes this offering as a thank-offering to God, he shall present, together with the animal to be sacrificed, an offering of bread made without yeast: either thick loaves made of flour mixed with olive oil or biscuits brushed with olive oil or cakes made of flour mixed with olive oil. ¹³In addition, he shall offer loaves of bread baked with yeast. ¹⁴He shall present one part of each kind of bread as a special contribution to the Lord; it belongs to the priest who takes the blood of the animal and throws it against the altar. ¹⁵The flesh of the animal must be eaten on the day it is sacrificed; none of it may be left until the next morning.

¹⁶If a man brings a fellowship offering in fulfilment of a vow or as his own freewill offering, not all of it has to be eaten on the day it is offered, but any that is left over may be eaten on the following day. ¹⁷Any meat that still remains on the third day must be burnt. ¹⁸If any of it is eaten on the third day, God will not accept the man’s offering. The offering will not be counted to his credit but will be considered unclean, and whoever eats it will suffer the consequences. ¹⁹If the meat comes into contact with anything ritually unclean, it must not be eaten, but must be burned.

Anyone who is ritually clean may eat the meat, ²⁰but if anyone who is not clean eats it, he shall no longer be considered one of God’s people. ²¹Also, if anyone eats the meat of this offering after he has touched anything ritually unclean, whether from a man or an animal, he shall no longer be considered one of God’s people.

²²The Lord gave Moses the following regulations ²³for the people of Israel. No fat of cattle, sheep, or goats shall be eaten. ²⁴The fat of an animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by a wild animal must not be eaten, but it may be used for any other purpose. ²⁵Anyone who eats the fat of an animal that may be offered as a food offering to the Lord will no longer be considered one of God’s people. ^26*No matter where the Israelites live, they must never use the blood of birds or animals for food. ^27*Anyone who breaks this law will no longer be considered one of God’s people.

²⁸The Lord gave Moses the following regulations ²⁹for the people of Israel. Whoever offers a fellowship offering must bring part of it as a special gift to the Lord, ³⁰bringing it with his own hands as a food offering. He shall bring the fat of the animal with its breast and present it as a special gift to the Lord. ³¹The priest shall burn the fat on the altar, but the breast shall belong to the priests. ³²The right hind leg of the animal shall be given as a special contribution ³³to the priest who offers the blood and the fat of the fellowship offering. ³⁴The breast of the animal is a special gift, and the right hind leg is a special contribution that the Lord has taken from the people of Israel and given to the priests. This is what the people of Israel must give to the priests for all time to come.