express thanksgiving and fellowship. This eating and drinking in the presence of the Lord took place later on in the service. (When the Lord some time afterwards gave Moses the regulations for the blood sacrifices, as we find recorded in the book of Leviticus, both burnt offerings and fellowship offerings were included.) Because of the special occasion, half the blood from the animals was sprinkled on the altar and the other half on the people. This was sacrificial blood, offered as an expiation,