Peace Offerings

¹¹ “This is the law concerning the sacrifice for peace offerings that are to be brought to the Lord: ¹² If someone^[a] brings it to demonstrate thanksgiving, then he is to present along with the thanksgiving offering unleavened cakes mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers spread^[b] with olive oil, and cakes of mixed fine flour with olive oil. ¹³ Along with the cakes of unleavened bread, he is to bring his thanksgiving offering with his peace offerings. ¹⁴ He is to present one from each grain offering,^[c] a separate offering to the Lord. It will belong to the priest who sprinkles the blood of the peace offering. ¹⁵ As to the meat^[d] contained in his peace offerings, it is to be eaten on the day it is offered.^[e] Nothing of it is to remain until morning.”

Voluntary Offerings

¹⁶ “If his sacrifice accompanies a fulfilled vow or is a voluntary offering, it is to be eaten on the day the offeror^[f] brings the sacrifice. Anything left over is to be eaten the next day,^{[g] 17} but whatever remains uneaten from the meat of the sacrifice by the third day is to be incinerated. ¹⁸ If any of the meat of his sacrifice of peace offerings is eaten on the third day, it won’t be accepted for the one who brought it. It is to be considered as refuse, and whoever eats it will bear the punishment of his iniquity.”

Distinguishing the Clean and Unclean

¹⁹ “Meat that comes in contact with a ceremonially unclean thing is not to be eaten. Incinerate it instead. As for ceremonially clean^[h] meat, anyone who is clean may eat it.^{[i] 20} But the person who eats meat from the sacrifice that belongs to the Lord, while still affected by his uncleanness, is to be eliminated from contact with^[j] his people. ²¹ Any person who touches a ceremonially unclean thing—whether the uncleanness pertains to human beings, animals, or to creeping things—and then eats from the meat of peace offerings that belongs to the Lord is to be eliminated from contact with^[k] his people.”