I was not expecting to read that they ate it without distinction, but it makes a lot of sense. As that would be the most logical way to have food and to not waste anything. As the rest of the sections goes on about how they store things for another time. The fact that he may not give it to another also stuck out to me because this seems the opposite of the ideology, but it also makes the most sense for that one person to keep what is theirs.

After reading you can tell just how devoted people were to their religion and how the people could become so divided. Both groups go as far as to mentioning dying for their view. It makes it even more important as the common people could have assumed that they would have come back with more strength than they had before and would then face death. That they are not just saying this because they do not want to give tribute. It makes me wonder just how many people that would have been.