If any of the meat of the ordination ram or any bread is left over till morning, burn it up. It must not be eaten, because it is sacred. The leftover instruction mirrors the manna and Passover lamb instructions: what is not consumed must be burned, not saved. The ordination meal, like the Passover meal, is for the night of its offering — the sacred food does not carry over to the next day. The same-day consumption requirement communicates the completeness and urgency of the consecration: the ordination is not a process that continues into the next day. The night of ordination is complete in itself — the fire that consumes what remains disposes of what was holy before the next day requires the priests to serve in their new capacity.

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