Leviticus 23:16-27 – Count off fifty days up to the day after
the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the Lord. 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. 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. Then sacrifice one
male goat for a sin offering and two lambs, each a year old, for a fellowship offering. The priest is to wave
the two lambs before the Lord as a wave offering, together with the bread of the
firstfruits. They are a sacred offering to the Lord for the priest. On that same day you
are to proclaim a sacred assembly and do no regular work. This is to be a lasting ordinance for the
generations to come, wherever you live. “‘When you reap the harvest of your land, do not reap to the very
edges of your field or gather the gleanings of your harvest. Leave them for the poor and for the
foreigner residing among you. I am the Lord your God.’” The Lord said to Moses, “Say to the
Israelites: ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of
sabbath rest, a sacred assembly commemorated with trumpet blasts. Do no regular work, but present a food offering to the Lord.’” The Lord said to Moses, “The tenth day of
this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. Hold a sacred assembly and deny yourselves, and present a food offering to the Lord.
Jeremiah
19:13 – The houses in
Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like
this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to
all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to
other gods.’”
Application:
- · The kings of Judah had built pagan altars on the roof of the palace in Jerusalem. Worship of the sun, moon and stars was common in Judah throughout much of the later history of the monarchy.
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