Verse 5
Thank offerings expressed gratitude for blessings and answers to prayer (Leviticus 7:11-15). The Israelites made freewill offerings spontaneously out of gratitude to God (Leviticus 7:16; Leviticus 22:17-19). God permitted the people to present leavened bread in these offerings. The people loved to practice these acts of worship, but they did not love to obey sovereign Yahweh or care for their poor, oppressed neighbors. The Lord wanted their loving obedience, not their acts of worship. Loving religious activity is not the same as loving God.
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