With cakes of leavened bread he shall offer his offering with the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving.
Parallel translations
- KJV Besides the cakes, he shall offer for his offering leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offerings.
- BSB Along with his peace offering of thanksgiving he is to present an offering with cakes of leavened bread.
- NKJV Besides the cakes, as his offering he shall offer leavened bread with the sacrifice of thanksgiving of his peace offering.
- NASB With the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving, he shall present his offering with cakes of leavened bread.
- NLT This peace offering of thanksgiving must also be accompanied by loaves of bread made with yeast.
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Quick answer
Leavened bread is also brought with the thanksgiving peace offering. Ordinary bread accompanied this celebration of fellowship with God.
Overview
Alongside the unleavened cakes, leavened loaves were presented with the thanksgiving offering, the one occasion where leaven appeared in the offerings as a gift rather than burned on the altar. This reflected the everyday food of the worshiper shared in joyful communion. It underscores that thankful fellowship with God touches the whole of ordinary life.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Amos 4:5offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving of that which is leavened, and proclaim free will offerings and brag about them: for this pleases you, you children of Israel,” says the Lord Yahweh.
- Lev 23:17You shall bring out of your habitations two loaves of bread for a wave offering made of two tenths of an ephah of fine flour. They shall be baked with yeast, for first fruits to Yahweh.
- Matt 13:33He spoke another parable to them. “The Kingdom of Heaven is like yeast, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, until it was all leavened.”
- 1 Tim 4:4For every creature of God is good, and nothing is to be rejected, if it is received with thanksgiving.
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Every sacrifice, every priest, and every day of atonement points beyond itself to the one perfect offering and the great High Priest who, by his own blood, makes the unclean holy once for all.
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