Exodus 29:34

34 If any meat or bread from the ordination is left over until morning, burn it up. It must not be eaten because it is holy.

Exodus 29:34 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 29:34

And if ought of the flesh of the consecrations, or of the
bread, remain unto the morning
Being more than the priests could eat:

then thou shalt burn the remainder with fire;
that it might not be used in a contemptuous manner, or abused to superstitious uses; the same orders with those respecting what was left of the passover: ( Exodus 12:10 ) ,

it shall not be eaten, because it is holy;
which is the reason before given why it should not be eaten by a stranger, and being kept till the next morning it was ordered to be burnt, that it might not then be eaten at all; it was not to be given to a stranger, nor to be cast to dogs, because it had been devoted to sacred uses; and it seems as if it was not to be eaten by the priests themselves the next day, who were to live upon the daily provision made for them.

Exodus 29:34 In-Context

32 At the entrance to the tent of meeting, Aaron and his sons will eat the meat of the ram and the bread [left] in the basket.
33 They will eat those offerings through which they made peace with the LORD at their ordination and installation. No one else may eat them because the offerings are holy.
34 If any meat or bread from the ordination is left over until morning, burn it up. It must not be eaten because it is holy.
35 "Do this with Aaron and his sons exactly as I have commanded you. Take seven days to ordain them.
36 Each day sacrifice a young bull as an offering to make peace with the LORD. Sacrifice this offering for sin on the altar in order to pay for its sins. Then anoint it [with olive oil] in order to dedicate it.
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