Leviticus 7:11-21

New International Reader's Version

More Rules for Friendship Offerings

¹¹ “ ‘Here are some more rules for friendship offerings anyone may bring to the Lord.

¹² “ ‘Suppose they offer a friendship offering to show they are thankful. Then together with the thank offering they must offer thick loaves of bread. They must make them without yeast. They must mix them with olive oil. Or they must offer thin loaves of bread made without yeast. They must spread olive oil on them. Or they must offer thick loaves of bread made out of the finest flour. They must add olive oil to it. They must work the flour and prepare it well. ¹³ They must bring another friendship offering along with their thank offering. It should be thick loaves of bread made with yeast. ¹⁴ They must bring one of each kind of bread as an offering. One kind is made with yeast. The other is not. Both of them are a gift to the Lord. They belong to the priest who splashes the blood of the friendship offering against the altar. ¹⁵ The person must eat the meat from their thank offering on the day they offer it. They must not leave any of it until morning.

¹⁶ “ ‘But suppose they bring a friendship offering to keep a promise they have made. Or suppose they bring an offering they choose to give. Then they must eat the sacrifice on the day they offer it. But if anything is left over, they may eat it the next day. ¹⁷ They must burn up any meat from the sacrifice left over until the third day. ¹⁸ Suppose they eat any meat from the friendship offering on the third day. Then the Lord will not accept the offering. He will not accept it as a gift from them. It is not pure. If they eat any of it, they will be held responsible for it.

¹⁹ “ ‘They must not eat meat that touches anything “unclean.” They must burn it up. Anyone “clean” may eat any other meat. ²⁰ But suppose an “unclean” person eats any meat from the friendship offering that belongs to the Lord. Then they will be separated from their people. ²¹ Suppose someone touches something “unclean.” It does not matter whether it comes from a human being who is not “clean.” It does not matter whether it comes from an “unclean” animal. It does not matter whether it comes from something hated and “unclean.” And suppose they eat any of the meat from the friendship offering that belongs to the Lord. Then they will be separated from their people.’ ”