Numbers 28:21-31

21 'A tenth of an ephah you shall offer for each of the seven lambs;

22 and one male goat for a ¹sin offering to make atonement for you.

23 'You shall present these besides * ²the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.

24 'After this manner you shall present daily, for seven days, ³the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the LORD; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the ⁴continual burnt offering.

25 'On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation; ⁵you shall do no * laborious work.

26 'Also on ⁶the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the LORD in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation; ⁷you shall do no * laborious work.

27 'You shall offer a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls * *, one ram, seven male lambs one year old;

28 and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths * of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths * for the one ram,

29 a tenth for each of the seven lambs;

30 also one male goat to make atonement for you.

31 '⁸Besides * the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall present them with their drink offerings. They shall be without defect.

Numbers 28:21-31 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. Leviticus 16:18; Romans 8:3; Galatians 4:4
• 2. Numbers 28:3
• 3. Leviticus 3:11
• 4. Numbers 28:3
• 5. Numbers 28:18
• 6. Exodus 23:16; Exodus 34:22; Leviticus 23:15-21; Deuteronomy 16:9-12
• 7. Numbers 28:18
• 8. Numbers 28:3

Footnotes

• [a] I.e. Approx one bu
• [b] Lit "each lamb"
• [c] I.e. Approx one bu
• [d] Lit "each lamb"
• [e] Lit "without defect to you"