leavened bread] Leaven was not allowed but in this kinde of Oblation of giving of thanks, Levit. 2. 11, 12. which though it were given to the Priests, was not (as is thought by divers) offered upon the Altar, but tendered to them towards their maintenance onely. of thanksgiving of his peace-offering] Peace-offerings were diversly distinguished; some were Oblations tendered without a vow, others with a vow; those without a vow, were either by way of absolute devotion to God, in acknowledgement of his goodnesse in generall, or with reference to some precedent mercy received: the peace-offerings that were presented with a vow, were either such as were simply vowed, without respect of any, either foregoing, or future favour, or conditionally vowed, as when Jacob vowed, saying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this way that I goe, and will give me bread to eate, and raiment to put on, and that I come againe to my fathers house in peace, then shall the Lord be my God, Genesis 28:20-21. And as there was this difference in the offerings themselves, so there was difference in the disposall of them when they were offered; those that were offered in reference to a precedent mercy, were to be eaten the same day they were offered, vers. 15. Chap. 22. 30. and if any did eate of them afterward, the sacrifices became voyd and fruitlesse, vers. 18. and he that so did eate, became profane or uncleane, Chap. 19. 7, 8. and was to be punished with death: but those which were for a vow or voluntary offering, might be reserved till the next day, and no longer, as is expressed in the 16. and following verses, and Chap. 19. 6. and Philo adds this reason, because now they are not his that offered them, but Gods to whom they were offered, who since he is a beneficent and munificent God, will not have them thrust into cupboards, but communicated to guests, especially to the needy; but the true reason may be something in the unrevealed will of the Law-maker. If it be demanded, in what place these were to be eaten, whether in the Cout of the Temple; the Answer is, they might be eaten by the Priests, and people also, in any cleane place, Chap. 10. 14. that is, free from all legall uncleannesse: Therefore after they had committed to the fire the parts that were to be burned in sacrifice to God, viz. the fat and rumpe, &c. and given the Priest his due out of the sacrifice, to wit, the right shoulder, and the breast, they carryed the rest, being boyled, (for nothing was rosted in the Court of the Temple) to their home; where they are it with their family, and whomsoever else they would invite, provided that they were cleane, vers. 19.