“No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the Lord, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the Lord made by fire.”
Every grain offering you bring to the Lord must be made without yeast, for you are not to burn any yeast or honey in a food offering presented to the Lord. The absolute prohibition on yeast and honey in the food offerings reflects the covenant's consistent rejection of fermentation and natural sweetness as corrupting agents. Yeast causes bread to rise by decomposition — a form of controlled decay. Honey ferments easily and was used to produce intoxicating drinks. Both are disqualified from the altar. Matthew 16:6 records Jesus warning against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees — the leaven that corrupts worship in Leviticus 2 becomes the leaven that corrupts teaching in the Gospels. The prohibition on yeast in the offering is the type of the prohibition on corruption in the community.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
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