15 The meat of his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship must be eaten on the day he offers it;(A) he may not leave any of it until morning.(B)

16 “If the sacrifice he offers is a vow[a](C) or a freewill offering,[b](D) it is to be eaten on the day he presents his sacrifice, and what is left over may be eaten on the next day. 17 But what remains of the sacrificial meat by the third day must be burned up.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Leviticus 7:16 The vow offering, the second category of fellowship sacrifice, was brought as an expression of gratitude to fulfill a vow; Gn 28:20; 2Sm 15:7-8; Pr 7:14.
  2. Leviticus 7:16 The freewill offering, the third category of fellowship sacrifice, was a voluntary expression of gratitude toward God for any reason; Dt 16:10; Ps 54:6.

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