The Fellowship Offering

3 “If his offering is a fellowship sacrifice,^(A) and he is presenting an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he is to present one without blemish^(B) before the Lord. ² He is to lay his hand on the head of his offering and slaughter it at the entrance to the tent of meeting. Then Aaron’s sons the priests will splatter the blood on all sides of the altar.^{(C) 3} He will present part of the fellowship sacrifice as a food offering to the Lord: the fat^(D) surrounding the entrails,^(E) all the fat that is on the entrails, ⁴ and the two kidneys^(F) with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver^(G) with the kidneys. ⁵ Aaron’s sons will burn it on the altar along with the burnt offering^(H) that is on the burning wood, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

⁶ “If his offering as a fellowship sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he is to present a male or female without blemish. ⁷ If he is presenting a lamb for his offering, he is to present it before the Lord. ⁸ He must lay his hand on the head of his offering, then slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons will splatter its blood on all sides of the altar. ⁹ He will then present part of the fellowship sacrifice as a food offering to the Lord consisting of its fat and the entire fat tail,^(I) which he is to remove close to the backbone. He will also remove the fat surrounding the entrails,^(J) all the fat on the entrails, ¹⁰ the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins, and the fatty lobe of the liver above the kidneys. ¹¹ Then the priest will burn the food on the altar,^(K) as a food offering to the Lord.

¹² “If his offering is a goat,^(L) he is to present it before the Lord. ¹³ He must lay his hand on its head and slaughter it before the tent of meeting. Aaron’s sons will splatter^[a] its blood on all sides of the altar. ¹⁴ He will present part of his offering as a food offering to the Lord: the fat surrounding the entrails, all the fat that is on the entrails, ¹⁵ and the two kidneys with the fat on them at the loins; he will also remove the fatty lobe of the liver with the kidneys. ¹⁶ Then the priest will burn the food on the altar, as a food offering for a pleasing aroma.^[b]

“All fat belongs to the Lord. ¹⁷ This is a permanent statute^(M) throughout your generations, wherever you live: you must not eat any fat or any blood.”^(N)

The Fellowship Sacrifice

¹¹ “Now this is the law of the fellowship sacrifice^(A) that someone may present to the Lord: ¹² If he presents it for thanksgiving, in addition to the thanksgiving sacrifice,^(B) he is to present unleavened cakes^(C) mixed with olive oil, unleavened wafers^(D) coated with oil, and well-kneaded cakes of fine flour mixed with oil. ¹³ He is to present as his offering cakes of leavened bread with his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship. ¹⁴ From the cakes he is to present one portion of each offering as a contribution^(E) to the Lord. It will belong to the priest who splatters the blood of the fellowship offering; it is his. ¹⁵ The meat of his thanksgiving sacrifice of fellowship must be eaten on the day he offers it;^(F) he may not leave any of it until morning.^(G)

¹⁶ “If the sacrifice he offers is a vow^(H) or a freewill offering,^(I) 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.^{(J) 18} If any of the meat of his fellowship sacrifice is eaten on the third day, it will not be accepted.^(K) It will not be credited to the one who presents it; it is repulsive.^(L) The person who eats any of it will bear his iniquity.^[a]

¹⁹ “Meat that touches anything unclean must not be eaten; it is to be burned. Everyone who is clean may eat any other meat. ²⁰ But the one who eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice while he is unclean, that person must be cut off from his people.^{(M) 21} If someone touches anything unclean, whether human uncleanness, an unclean animal, or any unclean, abhorrent^[b](N) creature, and eats meat from the Lord’s fellowship sacrifice, that person is to be cut off from his people.”