And a bull and a ram for a fellowship offering to sacrifice before the Lord, together with a grain offering mixed with oil. For today the Lord will appear to you. The fellowship offering and grain offering are added to the sin and burnt offerings on the inaugural day — the full range of the offering system is deployed on the first official day of worship. The announcement that the Lord will appear communicates the purpose and the promise: the inaugurating of the priestly ministry is the occasion for theophany. The offerings are not ends in themselves but the preparation for the divine encounter. The covenant worship that the offerings enact is the structure within which God meets His people.

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