Leviticus 7:11-21

The Voice

Eternal One (to Moses): ¹¹ Here are the instructions for the various kinds of the peace offerings that one may offer to Me. ¹² If someone offers a sacrifice out of thanksgiving, then in addition to the sacrifice he must offer loaves of unleavened bread mixed with oil, unleavened wafers topped with oil, and loaves of the finest flour mixed with oil. ¹³ Along with the peace offerings for thanksgiving, a person must include loaves of leavened bread. ¹⁴ He must present one of each kind of bread as a gift to Me; it will belong to the priest who officiates the sacrifice and splatters the blood of the peace offerings against the sides of the altar.

¹⁵ The meat of the sacrifice for the thanksgiving peace offering must be eaten on the day it is offered. None of it is to be left over for the next day. ¹⁶ If the sacrifice for a peace offering accompanies a vow or comes simply as an act of free will, it is to be eaten on the day it is offered; but if any remains on the next day, it may still be eaten. ¹⁷ But all the meat from the sacrifice left over on the third day is to be burned completely so that none is left. ¹⁸ If any of the leftover meat from the peace offering is eaten on the third day, then the person who offered it will not be accepted and will receive no benefit from the sacrifice. By then it has become foul, and the person who eats from it will bear his guilt and suffer the consequences.

¹⁹ Do not eat meat that comes in contact with any impure thing. Burn it up completely. As for any remaining meat that is pure, people who are ritually clean may eat it. ²⁰ Any person who eats meat from the sacrifice of My peace offering during a time when he is impure must be cut off from his people. ²¹ Also a person who comes into contact with something impure—whether it pertains to human or animal impurity or some totally detestable creatures—and then eats some of the meat from the sacrifice of My peace offerings must be cut off from his people.