Ver. 3-5. And their meat offering Which went along with the creatures offered for a burnt offering; the quantity of flour and oil used in it was the same, for a bullock, a ram, and each lamb, as in the offerings at the new moons, feast of unleavened bread and the day of firstfruits, ( Numbers 28:10Numbers 28:13Numbers 28:20Numbers 28:21Numbers 28:28Numbers 28:29 ) and a kid of the goats was also offered for a sin offering at this time, as in those seasons, and for the same purpose, to make atonement for the sins of their holy things.
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Numbers 29:3 In-Context
1 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy convocation; you shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets to you.
2 You shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savor to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
3 and their meal-offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenth parts for the bull, two tenth parts for the ram,
4 and one tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs;
5 and one male goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you;