¹¹“These are the instructions for the fellowship offering that you must bring to the Lord. ¹²If you offer it as a thank offering, you must also bring rings of unleavened bread mixed with olive oil, wafers of unleavened bread brushed with olive oil, and loaves made from flour mixed well with olive oil. ¹³In addition to these rings of bread, you must bring bread with yeast along with your fellowship offering of thanksgiving. ¹⁴From every offering you must bring one loaf to the Lord as a ⸤special⸥ contribution. It will belong to the priest who throws the blood of the fellowship offering.

¹⁵“The meat from your fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered. Never leave any of it until morning.

Instructions for Other Fellowship Offerings

¹⁶“If your sacrificial offering is something you vowed or a freewill offering, it must be eaten the day you offer it or the next day. ¹⁷However, on the third day any meat left over from the sacrifice must be burned. ¹⁸You will not be accepted if any meat from the fellowship offering is eaten on the third day. You will not receive credit for it. It is repulsive to God. The person who eats any of it must be punished.

¹⁹“Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten. It must be burned. Anyone who is clean may eat from these sacrifices. ²⁰Those who eat meat from the Lord’s fellowship offering while unclean must be excluded from the people. ²¹Those who touch anything unclean, human or animal, or any other disgusting uncleanness and still eat the Lord’s fellowship offering must be excluded from the people.”

No Fat or Blood May Be Eaten

²²The Lord spoke to Moses, ²³“Tell the Israelites: Never eat any fat from bulls, sheep, or goats. ²⁴The fat from an animal that dies naturally or is killed by wild animals you may use for any other purpose, but you must never eat it. ²⁵Those who eat the fat from an animal which they sacrificed by fire to the Lord must be excluded from the people.

²⁶“Never eat the blood of any bird or animal no matter where you live. ²⁷Those who eat any blood must be excluded from the people.”

Dividing the Fellowship Offering between the People and the Priests

²⁸The Lord spoke to Moses, ²⁹“Tell the Israelites: Anyone who offers the Lord a fellowship offering must bring a part of that sacrifice as a gift to the Lord. ³⁰Bring the sacrifices by fire made to the Lord yourself. Bring the fat with the breast. Take the breast and present it to the Lord.

³¹“The priest will burn the fat on the altar. However, the breast will belong to Aaron and his sons. ³²You will also give the priest the right thigh as a contribution. ³³When any of Aaron’s sons offer the blood and fat of the fellowship offering, the right thigh will belong to him as his share. ³⁴From the fellowship offerings of the Israelites, I have taken the breast that was presented ⸤to me⸥ and the thigh from the contribution offering. I have given them to the priest Aaron and his sons. This is a permanent law for generations to come.

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