Look Up, and Count the Omer
Covenants are supposed to be bilateral, and conditional. Two (or more) parties should be responsible to hold up their end, or else the covenant is breached. But God had something very different in mind.
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The Lamb of Exodus
Every time the image of a lamb appears in Scripture, it signals a turning point. The tenth plague (Exodus 12) may indeed be the introduction of the lamb motif in Scripture, but it is not the first symbolic use of a sheep. Because, long before the Lamb of Exodus makes its appearance, the Ram of Genesis sets the stage.
