Subsequent meaning to the sacrifices by Israel must also illuminate meanings that are not explicit in Leviticus. There is no explicit mention of bringing personal petitions and vows at the Tent-Sanctuary in Leviticus and yet that is what God’s people did. That doesn’t seem to have been necessary to state. Hannah wept much and prayed to the LORD when she went with her husband Elkanah to offer sacrifice (1 Sam. 1:10; cf. 2 Sam. 24:25; 1 Kings 8:54; 2 Kings 19:14–19; 20:2–7; Num. 6:21; 15:3; Ps. 50:14;
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