Along with their fellowship offering of thanksgiving they are to present an offering with thick loaves of bread made with yeast. The thank offering includes a fourth type of bread made with yeast — the only offering that incorporates leavened bread as part of its presentation. The leavened bread of the thank offering is not burned on the altar (the prohibition of Leviticus 2:11 remains in force) but is brought as part of the overall presentation. The presence of leavened bread in the thank offering acknowledges the reality of ordinary life: the thanksgiving that celebrates God's deliverance is expressed in the ordinary bread of the household, leaven and all.

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