The meat/grain offering option means anyone too poor to bring an animal still had a way to participate fully. The sacrificial system builds in an accessibility option from chapter two. Nobody gets locked out of worship purely on economic grounds.
Legal & Ethicalונפש כי תקריב AND WHEN A PERSON (or “A SOUL”) WILL OFFER — Nowhere is the word נפש employed in connection with free-will offerings except in connection with the meal-offering. For who is it that usually brings a meal-offering? The poor man! The Holy ...
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