Numbers 28:4-7

4 Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,

5 together with a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah^[a] of the finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin^[b] of oil from pressed olives.

6 This is the regular burnt offering instituted at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the LORD.

7 The accompanying drink offering is to be a quarter of a hin of fermented drink with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the LORD at the sanctuary.

Numbers 28:4-7 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. S Exodus 29:39
• 2. Numbers 29:6
• 3. Leviticus 6:20
• 4. S Leviticus 2:1; Numbers 15:4
• 5. Leviticus 1:3
• 6. Exodus 19:3
• 7. S Leviticus 1:9
• 8. Numbers 6:15; Exodus 29:41
• 9. S Leviticus 10:9; S Leviticus 23:13
• 10. S Leviticus 3:7; Numbers 3:28

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, probably about 3 1/2 pounds or about 1.6 kilograms; also in verses 13, 21 and 29
• [b]. That is, about 1 quart or about 1 liter; also in verses 7 and 14