Numbers 28:1-8

Daily Offerings

1 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

2 “Command the people of Israel and say to them, ‘My offering, ¹my food for my food offerings, my ²pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to offer to me at its appointed time. ’

3 ³And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering.

4 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

5 also ⁴a tenth of an ephah^[a] of fine flour for ⁵a grain offering, mixed ⁶with a quarter of a hin^[b] of beaten oil.

6 It is a ⁷regular burnt offering, which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.

7 Its drink offering shall be a quarter of a hin for each lamb. In the Holy Place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord.

8 The other lamb you shall offer at twilight. Like the grain offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you shall offer it as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Numbers 28:1-8 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 28

In this chapter is a repetition of several laws concerning sacrifices, as the law of the daily sacrifice morning and evening, Nu 28:1-8 of those that were offered every week on the sabbath day, Nu 28:9,10 and every month on the first day of the month, Nu 28:11-15 and on the seven days of unleavened bread, Nu 28:16-25, and at the feast of weeks, Nu 28:26-31.

Cross References

• 1. 28:2 See Lev. 3:11
• 2. 28:2 See Gen. 8:21
• 3. 28:3 For ver. 3-8, see Ex. 29:38-42
• 4. 28:5 ch. 15:4; Ex. 16:36
• 5. 28:5 Lev. 2:1
• 6. 28:5 Ex. 29:40
• 7. 28:6 Ex. 29:42; [Amos 5:25]

Footnotes

• [a] 28:5 An 'ephah' was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
• [b] 28:5 A 'hin' was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters