Numbers 28:5

5 also ¹a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a ²grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil.

Numbers 28:5 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 28:5

And the tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering,
&c.] Which always went along with the burnt offering:

mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil:
which in those times and countries was used instead of butter; and fine flour and this mingled together made a "minchah", or bread offering, as it should rather be called; of the measures used, (See Gill on Exodus 29:40).

Numbers 28:5 In-Context

3 "You shall say to them, 'This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the LORD : two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day.

4 'You shall offer the one lamb in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;

5 also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil.

6 'It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the LORD .

7 'Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb, in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the LORD .

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 16:36; Numbers 15:4
• 2. Leviticus 2:1