Sharing is caring

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Barney Rubble: Santa?! My pebbles!
Fred Flinstone: YOUR pebbles???
Santa: 'Tis the season to be sharing, Fred.
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-- 1980s Fruity Pebbles Cereal Commercial, aired during the holiday season


The first 6 chapters of Leviticus are all dedicated to sacrifices—and it’s pretty damn gross.


“… then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves or of young pigeons. And the priest shall bring it… and wring off its head and burn it…
And the skin of the bullock and all his flesh, with his head and with his legs and his innards and his dung… shall he carry forth…”
(Lev. 1:14-15, 4:11-12)

Yum!

How in the world can I apply THIS to my everyday life?

Love thy neighbor… and be sure to carry his dung for him?

But one verse stuck out—

“And every meat offering, mingled with oil, and dry, shall all the sons of Aaron have, one as much as another.”
(Lev. 7:10)

So simple, yet so crucial!

Come on, boys, share with each other.

Up till this point in the Bible we have seen what happens when one sibling gets favored over another—Esav was getting the birthright since he was older, so Jacob tricked their dad, Isaac, and stole it. Not that Jacob learned anything, because he gave his favorite son, Joseph, a coat of many colors (it was FABulous!). And remember way back, when Abraham kicked out his handmaid, Hagar, and their son Ishmael once Rachel gave birth to Isaac. And the Arabs descended from Ishmael, the Jews from Isaac, and everything worked out just fine between them…

Finally, God tells the Israelite priests—“ Hey, play nice.”

Sharing is caring!

My dad used to sing the following song to me as a child:

Let’s talk about Aaron
He’s good at sharin’
If he has two cupcakes
He’ll give you one

I don’t recall ever sharing my cupcakes, but now my dad is a diabetic, so I guess I must have at some point.

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