Numbers 28:3

3 Say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you are to give to the Lord; he-lambs of the first year without any mark, two every day as a regular burned offering.

Numbers 28:3 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 28:3

And thou shalt say unto them
Having directed Moses to command the people of Israel to observe to offer all the sacrifices of God in general, the Lord proceeds to order him to speak of them to them particularly and distinctly; this, according to Jarchi, is an admonition to the sanhedrim:

this is the offering made by fire, which ye shall offer unto the Lord;
the daily burnt offering, which was wholly consumed by fire:

two lambs of the first year without spot, day by day for a continual
burnt offering;
this law was made before, and is directed to in ( Exodus 29:38 ) where the same things are said as here, only, as a further descriptive character of the lambs, they are here said to be "without spot"; so all sacrifices were to be without blemish, whether expressed or not; and in this, as in other things, these lambs were typical of Christ, the Lamb of God, without spot and blemish; and are said to be a "continual" burnt offering, because they were offered every day in the week, without any intermission, on any account whatever, which is frequently observed in this chapter: and this was to continue, and did continue until the Messiah came, who put an end to it by the sacrifice of himself, as to any real use of it; and was in fact made to cease a few years after, by the utter destruction of Jerusalem, and was before that a little while interrupted in the times of Antiochus, ( Daniel 8:11 Daniel 8:12 ) ( 9:27 ) .

Numbers 28:3 In-Context

1 And the Lord said to Moses,

2 Give orders to the children of Israel and say to them, Let it be your care to give me my offerings at their regular times, the food of the offerings made by fire to me for a sweet smell.

3 Say to them, This is the offering made by fire which you are to give to the Lord; he-lambs of the first year without any mark, two every day as a regular burned offering.

4 Let one be offered in the morning, and the other at evening;

5 And the tenth part of an ephah of the best meal for a meal offering mixed with the fourth part of a hin of clear oil.