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And the priest shall take from the meat offering a memorial thereof, and shall burn [it] upon the altar: [it is] an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Leviticus 2:9 — KJV
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Leviticus 2:9
King James Version (KJV)
“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody
Leviticus 2:9
Verse 9 of 16
Commentary
Commentary on Leviticus 2:9
Theological / DevotionalA memorial. As God reserved a “memorial” portion of every meat offering for Himself, so He also reserves a memorial part of our income and our time. One tenth of our increase belongs to God. “All the tithe ... is the Lord’s” (ch. 27:30). In like manner He has reserved the seventh day as belonging to Him (Ex. 20:10).
In these respects the Christian church comes lamentably short. Few recognize God’s claims upon them. They act as if what they have belongs to them, when in reality they are merely stewards. They count themselves liberal when they give to God’s cause, when perhaps the amount of their liberality does not equal the part which of right belongs to God, and is not theirs to begin with. In like manner, many fail in their observance of the Sabbath day. The Sabbath hours are holy time, in which we are to do God’s work and not our own.
It would be well for us to remember that the memorial part of all we possess belongs to God.
By SdaBc