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Exodus 29:28-34 Good News Bible (GNB)

28. It is my unchanging decision that when my people make their fellowship offerings, the breast and the thigh of the animal belong to the priests. This is the people's gift to me, the Lord.

29. “Aaron's priestly garments are to be handed on to his sons after his death, for them to wear when they are ordained.

30. The son of Aaron who succeeds him as priest and who goes into the Tent of my presence to serve in the Holy Place is to wear these garments for seven days.

31. “Take the meat of the ram used for the ordination of Aaron and his sons and boil it in a holy place.

32. At the entrance of the Tent of my presence they are to eat it along with the bread left in the basket.

33. They shall eat what was used in the ritual of forgiveness at their ordination. Only priests may eat this food, because it is sacred.

34. If some of the meat or some of the bread is not eaten by morning, it is to be burnt; it is not to be eaten, for it is sacred.