Thanksgiving in the Old Testament was an animal, brought to a priest and eaten the same day. Leviticus 7:15 sets the rule: the meat of a fellowship offering of thanksgiving must be eaten on the day it is offered, and none of it left till morning. A man bringing one had to find enough people to help him finish it, so private relief became a shared meal before the sun went down. The seventeen verses below follow the forms thanks…
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