15 The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning.(A)

16 “‘If, however, their offering is the result of a vow(B) or is a freewill offering,(C) the sacrifice shall be eaten on the day they offer it, but anything left over may be eaten on the next day.(D) 17 Any meat of the sacrifice left over till the third day must be burned up.(E) 18 If any meat of the fellowship offering(F) is eaten on the third day, the one who offered it will not be accepted.(G) It will not be reckoned(H) to their credit, for it has become impure; the person who eats any of it will be held responsible.(I)

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But you are to seek the place the Lord your God will choose from among all your tribes to put his Name(A) there for his dwelling.(B) To that place you must go; there bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes(C) and special gifts, what you have vowed(D) to give and your freewill offerings, and the firstborn of your herds and flocks.(E) There, in the presence(F) of the Lord your God, you and your families shall eat and shall rejoice(G) in everything you have put your hand to, because the Lord your God has blessed you.

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17 You must not eat in your own towns the tithe(A) of your grain and new wine and olive oil,(B) or the firstborn of your herds and flocks, or whatever you have vowed to give,(C) or your freewill offerings or special gifts.(D)

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18 Instead, you are to eat(A) them in the presence of the Lord your God at the place the Lord your God will choose(B)—you, your sons and daughters, your male and female servants, and the Levites from your towns—and you are to rejoice(C) before the Lord your God in everything you put your hand to.

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