Leviticus 2: 11-16, “No meat offering, which ye shall bring unto the LORD, shall be made with leaven: for ye shall burn no leaven, nor any honey, in any offering of the LORD made by fire. As for the oblation of the firstfruits, ye shall offer them unto the LORD: but they shall not be burnt on the altar for a sweet savour. And every oblation of thy meat offering shalt thou season with salt; neither shalt thou suffer the salt of the covenant of thy God to be lacking from thy meat offering: with all thine offerings thou shalt offer salt. And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. And thou shalt put oil upon it, and lay frankincense thereon: it is a meat offering. And the priest shall burn the memorial of it, part of the beaten corn thereof, and part of the oil thereof, with all the frankincense thereof: it is an offering made by fire unto the LORD.”
When Israel came out of the land of slavery they were told to eat bread that didn’t contain yeast, or leaven. This was because they were to leave in a hurry and couldn’t wait for the yeast to rise in the bread. When someone puts yeast into bread they only use a small amount of yeast compared to a large amount of other ingredients. Sin is like yeast, only a small amount of sin will take over the whole of a person’s life and will cause that person to focus on himself and not be useful to God. When a person wanted to bring an offering to the Lord he was told not to bring any leaven as a reminder of the fact that the Lord took them out of Egypt and they had to leave in a hurry. They were also to bring salt because salt was precious and valuable and we need to bring our best to God because He has given us the best.
(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
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