From these 40 loaves, he must bring one of each type of bread-offering as a raised-offering for God, but rather than being burned up on the Altar, they must be given to the priest who dashes the blood of the peace-offering upon the Altar; these four loaves will be his to eat. The other 36 loaves are to be eaten by the offerer and his party.
The flesh of the thanksgiving-offering, too, is to be eaten by the offerer and his party, except for the portions specified for the Altar and the priests. The flesh of his thanksgiving peace-offering may not be eaten before its blood has been applied to the Altar, and then, it must be eaten during the day it is offered up and/or the following night; he must take special care to not leave any of it over until morning. The same time-restriction applies to the loaves brought with the sacrifice. Although this time-restriction generally applies only to sacrifices of superior holiness, the fact that it is here imposed on the thanksgiving peace-offering does not elevate it to this category; it remains a sacrifice of lesser holiness, which may be eaten by non-priests and may be eaten anywhere within any of the three camps (or later, within the Temple city). Whatever is left over on the next day must be burned up.
But if his sacrifice is not a thanksgiving-offering, but just a regular peace-offering brought to fulfill a sacrificial vow or a sacrificial dedication, no accompanying loaves are required, and it may be eaten on the same day he offers up his sacrifice, and in addition, whatever is left over from it may be eaten on the next day as well, until sunset.
However, whatever is left over from the flesh of the sacrifice on the third day must be burned up in fire. If, nonetheless, it is not burned up, or even if the offerer or his party eats some of the flesh past the prescribed time-limit, this does not invalidate the sacrifice. Similarly, the flesh of any sacrifice that was not eaten (or cannot or will not be eaten) within its prescribed time must be burned up.
In contrast, if, when the peace-offering is slaughtered, the slaughterer articulates his intent that some of the flesh of his peace-offering be eaten on the third day, the offering will not be accepted by God; it will not count for the one who offers it; rather, it will thereby become contemptible, and the person who eats of it will bear his sin—he will suffer excision (i.e., he will die prematurely and childless)—even if he does not actually eat the flesh of the peace-offering on or after the third day, but eats it all within the prescribed two-day limit. (The same rule regarding a thanksgiving-offering will be given later.)
