This chapter contains a summary of the regular scheduled offerings the Israelites were to make - daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly (at important feasts or holy days). I don't have a lot to say about it, but something did come to my mind that has been floating around ever since we started getting the instructions for offerings and sacrifices back in Exodus. There always seems to be a combination of some or all of the following: meats, grains, oils, and liquids (alcoholic by the sound of it); however, fruits and vegetables seem to be missing entirely! This mirrors the story of Cain and Abel, where God was pleased with Abel's animal sacrifices but not with Cain's fruits. Now I've heard that might have been because Abel brought the best of his flock, and Cain isn't explicitly said to have done the same - but the lack of fruits and veggies in Israelite offerings makes me wonder if there might not be a deeper significance to it.
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