How the Omer Offering Won Abraham the Land of Canaan

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 81:13

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Never let the commandment of the Omer be light in your eyes, for through the commandment of the Omer Abraham our father merited to inherit the land of Canaan. This is what is written, "And I will give to you, and to your seed after you, the land of your sojournings" (Genesis 17:8), on the condition that "you shall keep My covenant" (Genesis 17:9). And which is this? This is the commandment of the Omer.

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