Footnote

a The atoning value of a sacrificial animal was in its blood, which God viewed as sacred. (Leviticus 17:11) Does that mean that the flour offerings of the poor were worthless? No. Jehovah surely valued the humble, willing spirit behind such offerings. Furthermore, the sins of the entire nation​—including the poor—​were covered by the blood of the animals offered to God on the annual Day of Atonement.​—Leviticus 16:29, 30.