Leviticus 23:15 “ ‘From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, count off seven full weeks.
I feel like a bit of a broken record, saying yet again that this is what the Israelites needed on the heels of 400 years of captivity in Egypt. They needed rituals and routines to honor and draw them closer to their God, not the Egyptian gods and goddesses they had known all their lives.
Leviticus 23:16 Count off fifty days up to the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord.
But I can’t help seeing a bit of a connection to our Thanksgiving traditions, too, foods that make us think of those who were once around our table but are no longer. Foods prepared to honor our past and our traditions. Maybe I’m completely off-base with this analogy, but it brings me comfort.
Leviticus 23:17 From wherever you live, bring two loaves made of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour, baked with yeast, as a wave offering of firstfruits to the Lord.
Precious Savior, I love when I see connections in Your Word to things that I see in my day and age. I’m not sure if there is harm in misaligned connections. If so, help me to see the pitfalls. And, as always, please draw me closer to You. Amen.
Leviticus 23:18 Present with this bread seven male lambs, each a year old and without defect, one young bull and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the Lord, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
Have a blessed day.