Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season — The foundation of the sacrificial system is the divine ownership: these are 'my offerings' and 'my bread.' The sacrifices feed the divine altar (metaphorically, as YHWH does not literally eat) and produce a 'sweet savour' (nicho'ach, a soothing or pleasing scent). The temporal structure 'in their due season' emphasizes that the sacrifices follow a fixed, unchangeable calendar. The second generation will inhabit a land organized around sacred time.

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