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Dictionary of Bible Themes – 7350 drink offering
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7350 drink offering
7350 drink offering
7350 drink offering
A sacrificial offering of wine poured out at the foot of the altar, to accompany a burnt, fellowship or grain offering.
The drink offering was an ancient custom
Drink offerings were proportionate to the size of animal sacrificed
See also Nu 15:5,7,10Drink offerings were required on feasts and sacred days
As part of the daily offerings: Ex 29:41; Nu 28:7-8Lev 23:13 Firstfruits Feast of Weeks: Lev 23:18; Nu 28:31 Feast of Tabernacles: Lev 23:37; Nu 29:30-31
Nu 28:24 Passover; Nu 28:9-10 Sabbath offerings; Nu 28:14 monthly offerings; Nu 29:6 Feast of Trumpets; Nu 29:11 Day of Atonement
Occasions for making a drink offering
To accompany sacrifices for unintentional sins Nu 15:24
To mark special occasions Nu 6:17 after taking a Nazirite vow; 1Ch 29:21 at the accession of a king; 2Ch 29:35 during a religious reformation; Eze 45:17 in Ezekiel’s vision of restored worship
God’s displeasure when drink offerings were poured out to idols
Jer 7:18 See also Isa 57:6; Jer 19:13; Jer 32:29; Jer 44:17-19,25; Eze 20:28
Drink offerings as a symbol
Of restoration after a locust plague Joel 2:13-14
Of devotion and sacrifice Php 2:17 See also 2Sa 23:15-17; 2Ti 4:6-8
See also
| 4544 | wine |
| 7302 | altar |
| 7322 | burnt offering |
| 7364 | fellowship offering |
| 7368 | grain offering |
Dictionary of Bible Themes Scripture index copyright Martin H. Manser, 2009. As Editor, Martin Manser wishes to thank all those who compiled or edited the NIV Thematic Study Bible, on which this work is based.
