well thats like food or produce being grown for export...I suppose they get the best that gets the best price and you just eat all the leftovers and scraps.
though in this case the temple probably didnt actually pay or give money for those lambs...you were just meant to give up your best. But lambs instead of your firstborn son. If you didnt have a son or any lambs what did you do give the temple money?
Sounds like tithing. But then tithing also sounds just like taxing.
I wonder if taxes (not taxis) in Israel are expensive and whether peoole are happy to pay them or feel they get value from what the tax money is spent on. I imagine so, otherwise I dont really know how their country or govt is funded.
I know many countries just get a loan from the World Bank or IMF and are like billions even trillions in debt. which they can never pay off for thousands of years. So in many poor countries people are like slaves to the world bank.
Modern Israel is self sufficient. Of course they get money from the US like most nations do for various reasons. Currently they export to us some of the best defensive and offensive military technology.
Iron Dome is a program for defense that destroys rockets incoming. Even the UAE is a customer that made headlines just yesterday... although they didn't say that it was technology purchased from Israel...they do have a peace/trade deal with Israel in defiance of the radical Islamists.
But Abu Dhabi defended itself from several rockets yesterday or the day before with Israeli technology.
Israel also exports groceries to it's neighbors...it is the grocery store in that region. They farm everything possible from poultry to eggs to grapes and dairy products. Wheat and soybeans as well.
Currently there is no sacrificial system in Israel.
During Jesus time it was a scheming scam that the priests had going on with everyone from the money changers to the sheep sellers.
In Micah (old testament) it was discussed how the farm seconds were unacceptable to God so the priests tightened up on what could be sacrificed...the animal had to be perfect. So people treated them like pets until sacrifice time.
Then fast forward to Jesus' day and by that point no animals were accepted. But you could sell yours and buy one that was acceptable. (The altar is more important than the offering)
So someone would buy yours and pasture it for a few days and then sell it. But they paid you in Roman money...but when you went to buy one the seller would be offended and want Temple money...so you had to buy Temple money....and a profit was made every step of the way with each vendor....the Priests getting a cut too for the premium locations in the court of Gentiles...Where the Samaritans and believing Gentiles could pray. Jews got closer to the Holy of Holies where God could hear them better. (Supposedly)
That was why Jesus was furious and used a whip of cords to drive the merchant's out. God prefers the gift of your hands...the stuff you labor over with high craftsmanship and care...not something as impersonal as money. God has always wanted YOU and your personal best. Just saying.
But since there is no Temple there is nothing sacrificed currently in accordance with the Law.
