1. Lévitique 14:10 (NEG79)
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What is significant about the offering on the eighth day?

Lévitique 14:10 (NEG79)

10 Le huitième jour, il prendra deux agneaux sans défaut et une brebis d'un an sans défaut, trois dixièmes d'un épha de fleur de farine en offrande pétrie à l'huile, et un log d'huile.

On the eighth day, the healed person was required to appear in the tabernacle with various offerings: the guilt offering, the burnt offering, the purification offering, the grain offering. We see a pattern developing concerning the eighth day: it is a day of consecration in Israel. The eighth day was the day of circumcision (Genesis 17:12); the day on which the priesthood was consecrated (Leviticus 8:33); the climax of the Feast of Booths (Leviticus 23:33–36). On this occasion, the eighth day marks the time when the Israelite was restored to full fellowship as a covenant member.