Read: Leviticus 23:9–14
Speak to the people of Israel and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you shall bring the sheaf of the first fruits of your harvest to the priest. Leviticus 23:10
As the Hebrews wandered in circles in the Sinai desert for forty years, they became acutely aware of all that they did not possess. As nomads they had no land to call their own, they did not have established dwellings, and they did not have fields and crops to sustain themselves. They were…
