“And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.”
The meat of their fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered; they must leave none of it till morning. The thank offering meat must be eaten on the day it is offered — no leftovers until morning. The urgency of the same-day consumption communicates the urgent gratitude that the thank offering expresses: the thanksgiving that prompts the thank offering is not a measured, calculated response but an immediate, all-consuming celebration. The left-overnight prohibition is the opposite of hoarding: what was given in thanksgiving cannot become provision for tomorrow. The thank offering celebrates what God has done today; tomorrow's provision is tomorrow's gratitude.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!