17 Bible Verses on Thanking God, and the Offering That Had to Be Eaten the Same Day

Christian Pure Team

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Summary

  • The todah, the thank offering, had to be eaten before morning, so a private gratitude became a table full of guests.
  • Psalm 69:30 sets song against sacrifice and says the cheaper one pleases God more than an ox.
  • Daniel thanks God for the exact item he had asked for rather than praising in general.
  • Paul attaches thanksgiving to an involuntary act: every time I remember you.
  • Revelation 11:17 drops the third part of the formula — “who is to come” — because what was coming has arrived.

Thanksgiving in the Old Testament was an animal, brought to a priest and eaten the same day. The todah was one of the peace offerings, and the rule attached to it is odd: none of the meat could be left until morning. A man bringing one had to find enough people to help him finish it, which meant a private gratitude turned into a meal with a table full of guests before the sun went down. That is what thanks…

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Bibliography (Click to show)

Scripture quotations are from the New International Version.

The rule that the thank offering must be eaten on the day it is offered is at Leviticus 7:15.

Jonah is released at Jonah 2:10. Psalm 28 opens in distress at verses 1-3.

The ox and the bull are at Psalm 69:31.

Psalm 92 is headed “a song for the sabbath day”; morning and evening are named at 92:2.

The boat kept ready is at Mark 3:9, using the same verb as Colossians 4:2.

The fuller formula, including “who is to come”, is at Revelation 1:4 and 4:8.

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