The repentant soul would realize that the peace offering was a banquet of joy and happiness. Fellowship with God had been restored, and at the sacred feast God and man communed together. Unity and peace prevailed between Jehovah and His people.

Offerings of thanks expressed appreciation for salvation, for health, and for deliverance. The safe crossing of the Jordan and entrance into the promised inheritance would provide good cause for rejoicing.

The law written upon the stones would be both a reminder of duty and a witness to transgression. The offerings would testify to mercy, grace, and forgiveness of sin—to the fact that full provision had been made for the sinner’s repentance. They bore witness, as well, to renewed consecration. The peace offerings were reminiscent of the love, mercy, and grace with which God meets the repentant one. At the altar of unhewn stones, God and man met. Here reconciliation was effected. Here a new life was begun.