worship. Nobody can manipulate the Most High by gifts. Israel must learn to acknowledge the gifts of the Most High and how to approach Him with proper gratitude. That is true worship. Israel has abundant reasons to thank God (see below, Psalm 103). God may therefore expect genuine thanksgiving for His saving acts and bountiful mercies. He asks love from the heart, from an appreciative heart. Never should the worshipers in Israel forget the benefits God has bestowed on them already as a people. In
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