7726. 'You must also give into our hand sacrifices and burnt offerings' means that they must leave alone all the means through which worship must be offered. This is clear from the meaning of 'giving into the hand' as leaving alone, for 'hand' means power, and therefore 'giving into the hand' means surrendering to their power, thus leaving them alone; and from the meaning of 'sacrifices and burnt offerings' as worship in general, thus the whole of worship, dealt with in 923, 6905. The reason why' sacrifices and burnt offerings' means the whole of worship is that sacrifices were the chief means through which Divine worship was offered, as becomes clear from the Books of Moses. For what has been shown already regarding sacrifices, see 922, 923, 1128, 1343, 1823, 2165, 2180, 2187, 2776, 2784, 2805, 2807, 2812, 2818, 2830, 3519, 6905.

2812. 'And laid the pieces of wood in order' means the righteousness that was allied to it. This is clear from the meaning of 'the pieces of wood for a burnt offering' as the merit of righteousness, dealt with above in 2784, 2798, and of 'laying the pieces of wood in order on the altar' as allying it to the Divine human. The merit of righteousness is allied when it is present, and there is from truth the conviction that it belongs to Him.