17. If any meat from this sacrifice is left on the third day, it must be burned up.
18. Any meat of the fellowship offering eaten on the third day will not be accepted. The Lord will not count the sacrifice for the person who offered it. It will become unclean. Anyone who eats the meat will be guilty of sin.
19. “‘People must not eat meat that touches anything unclean. They must burn this meat with fire. But anyone who is clean may eat other meat.
20. But a person who is unclean might eat the meat from the fellowship offering that belongs to the Lord. If he does, he must be separated from his people.
21. “‘Someone might touch something unclean that comes from people. Or the unclean thing might be an animal or some hated thing. Touching it will make him unclean. If he then eats meat from the fellowship offering that belongs to the Lord, he must be separated from his people.’”
22. The Lord said to Moses,
23. “Tell the people of Israel: ‘You must not eat any of the fat from cattle, sheep or goats.
24. If an animal is found dead or torn by wild animals, you may use its fat for other things. But you must not eat it.
25. Someone might eat fat from an animal offering made by fire to the Lord. That person must be separated from his people.
26. It does not matter where you live. You must not eat blood from any bird or animal.
27. Anyone who eats blood must be separated from his people.’”
28. The Lord said to Moses,
29. “Tell the people of Israel: ‘Someone may bring a fellowship offering to the Lord. He must give part of it as his sacrifice to the Lord.
30. He must carry that part of the gift in his own hands. It will be an offering made by fire to the Lord. He must carry the fat and the breast of the animal to the priest. The breast must be presented to the Lord as the priests’ share.
31. Then the priest must burn the fat on the altar. But the breast of the animal will belong to Aaron and the priests.
32. You must also give the right thigh from the fellowship offering to the priest as a gift.
33. It will belong to the priest who offers the blood and fat of the fellowship offering.
34. I have taken the breast and the thigh of the fellowship offering. And I have given these parts to Aaron and the priests as their share from the Israelites.’”
35. This is the portion that belongs to Aaron and his sons. It is from the offerings made by fire to the Lord. Aaron and his sons were given this share on the day they were presented to the Lord as priests.
36. On the day the Lord appointed the priests, he commanded Israel to give this share to them. It is to be given to the priests as their share from now on.