Treasury of Scripture
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Leviticus 22:29,30 And when you will offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the LORD, offer it at your own will...
Exodus 12:10 And you shall let nothing of it remain until the morning; and that which remains of it until the morning you shall burn with fire.
Exodus 16:19 And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning.
Ecclesiastes 9:10 Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave...
John 9:4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night comes, when no man can work.
2 Corinthians 6:2 (For he said, I have heard you in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored you: behold, now is the accepted time...
Hebrews 3:13-15 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin...
he shall not Mr. Harmer supposes that this law refers to the custom of {drying flesh}, that had been devoted to a religious purpose, which is practised among the Mohammedans at the present day, on the their pilgrimage to Mecca. `It would not have suited,' he observes. `the genius of the Mosaic dispensation, to have allowed them to have dried the flesh of their peace offerings, whether in thanksgiving, in consequence of a vow, or merely voluntary, and have afterwards eaten the flesh very commonly in a sparing manner, or communicated only some small portion of it to their particular friends: their peace offerings were to be eaten, on the contrary, with festivity, communicated to their friends with liberality, and bestowed on the poor with great generosity, that they might partake with them of these sacred repasts with joy before the Lord.'