34:22-24
Having trusted the Lord by observing the Sabbath, the people were to celebrate the harvest. Even if we start off trusting the Lord, it is very easy for us to start claiming credit for ourselves. There were three festivals that the people were to observe every year. The Lord would “drive out the nations before you”. The people might fear that “the nations” would cease the opportunity afforded by the festivals to come and take back the land. God assures them that this will not be the case. “No-one will covet your land.”
34:25,26
The sacrifices were not to be contaminated with yeast. The sacrifices were to be consumed by the end of the day. Their offerings were to be from the best of the flock, not an afterthought. Remember Cain and Abel. The instruction about not cooking a young goat in its mother’s milk may have had something to do with pagan practices of the surrounding nations.
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