Numbers 28:15

15 And in addition to the daily burnt offering with its wine offering, offer one male goat as a sin offering.

Numbers 28:15 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 28:15

And one kid of the goats, for a sin offering unto the Lord,
shall be offered
This was an offering of a different sort, not a burnt offering, but a sin offering, typical of Christ, who was made an offering for sin; and it was of that sort of sin offerings which were to be eaten, as the Jews say ^F8; for there were some that were not, even such whose blood was brought into the sanctuary, ( Leviticus 6:30 ) . Maimonides ^F9 observes, that this phrase, "unto the Lord", is very particular and expressive, and that the design of it is, to observe that it was offered to the Lord, and not to the moon, as the Egyptians did:

besides the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering;
though the burnt offering of this day was so very large, consisting of so many creatures; and besides that a goat for a sin offering; yet the daily sacrifice was not to be omitted, and what belonged to that.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Maimon. Hilchot Tamidin, c. 7. sect. 2.
F9 Moreh Nevochim, par. 3. c. 46. p. 488.

Numbers 28:15 In-Context

13 and with each lamb, 2 pounds. These burnt offerings are food offerings, an odor pleasing to the Lord.

14 The proper wine offering is 4 pints of wine with each bull, 3 pints with the ram, and 2 pints with each lamb. This is the regulation for the burnt offering for the first day of each month throughout the year.

15 And in addition to the daily burnt offering with its wine offering, offer one male goat as a sin offering.

16 The Passover Festival in honor of the Lord is to be held on the fourteenth day of the first month.

17 On the fifteenth day a religious festival begins which lasts seven days, during which only bread prepared without yeast is to be eaten.