Daily Offerings

28 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, “Command the people of Israel and say to them, ‘My offering, (A)my food for my food offerings, my (B)pleasing aroma, you shall be careful to offer to me at its appointed time.’ (C)And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering. The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; also (D)a tenth of an ephah[a] of fine flour for (E)a grain offering, mixed (F)with a quarter of a hin[b] of beaten oil. It is a (G)regular burnt offering, which was ordained at Mount Sinai for a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. Its drink offering shall be a quarter of a hin for each lamb. In the Holy Place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord. The other lamb you shall offer at twilight. Like the grain offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you shall offer it as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Sabbath Offerings

“On the Sabbath day, two male lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering: 10 this is (H)the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Monthly Offerings

11 (I)“At the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish; 12 also (J)three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull, and two tenths of fine flour for a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram; 13 and a tenth of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for every lamb; for a burnt offering with a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord. 14 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, a third of a hin for a ram, and a quarter of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. 15 Also (K)one male goat for a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

Passover Offerings

16 (L)“On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord's Passover, 17 (M)and on the fifteenth day of this month is a feast. Seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 (N)On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, 19 but offer a food offering, a burnt offering to the Lord: two bulls from the herd, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old; (O)see that they are without blemish; 20 also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil; three tenths of an ephah shall you offer for a bull, and two tenths for a ram; 21 a tenth shall you offer for each of the seven lambs; 22 also (P)one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you. 23 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a regular burnt offering. 24 In the same way you shall offer daily, for seven days, the food of a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. It shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its drink offering. 25 And (Q)on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.

Offerings for the Feast of Weeks

26 “On (R)the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, 27 but offer a burnt offering, with a pleasing aroma to the Lord: (S)two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; 28 also their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths of an ephah for each bull, two tenths for one ram, 29 a tenth for each of the seven lambs; 30 with (T)one male goat, to make atonement for you. 31 Besides the regular burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall offer them and their drink offering. (U)See that they are without blemish.

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 28:5 An ephah was about 3/5 bushel or 22 liters
  2. Numbers 28:5 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters

28 And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.

The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;

And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil.

It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink offering.

And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord.

And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

11 And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;

13 And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.

14 And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

15 And one kid of the goats for a sin offering unto the Lord shall be offered, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the Lord.

17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast: seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

18 In the first day shall be an holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work therein:

19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:

20 And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;

21 A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

22 And one goat for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.

23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.

24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

25 And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

26 Also in the day of the firstfruits, when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord, after your weeks be out, ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work:

27 But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

28 And their meat offering of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals unto one bullock, two tenth deals unto one ram,

29 A several tenth deal unto one lamb, throughout the seven lambs;

30 And one kid of the goats, to make an atonement for you.

31 Ye shall offer them beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, (they shall be unto you without blemish) and their drink offerings.

Precisazioni sui sacrifici

28 Il Signore disse a Mosè: «Dà quest'ordine agli Israeliti e dì loro: Avrete cura di presentarmi al tempo stabilito l'offerta, l'alimento dei miei sacrifici da consumare con il fuoco, soave profumo per me.

A. Sacrifici quotidiani

Dirai loro: Questo è il sacrificio consumato dal fuoco che offrirete al Signore; agnelli dell'anno, senza difetti, due al giorno, come olocausto perenne. Uno degli agnelli lo offrirai la mattina e l'altro agnello lo offrirai al tramonto; come oblazione un decimo di efa di fior di farina, intrisa in un quarto di hin di olio di olive schiacciate. Tale è l'olocausto perenne, offerto presso il monte Sinai: sacrificio consumato dal fuoco, soave profumo per il Signore. La libazione sarà di un quarto di hin per il primo agnello; farai nel santuario la libazione, bevanda inebriante per il Signore. L'altro agnello l'offrirai al tramonto, con una oblazione e una libazione simili a quelle della mattina: è un sacrificio fatto con il fuoco, soave profumo per il Signore.

B. Il sabato

Nel giorno di sabato offrirete due agnelli dell'anno, senza difetti; come oblazione due decimi di fior di farina intrisa in olio, con la sua libazione. 10 E' l'olocausto del sabato, per ogni sabato, oltre l'olocausto perenne e la sua libazione.

C. Il novilunio

11 Al principio dei vostri mesi offrirete come olocausto al Signore due giovenchi, un ariete, sette agnelli dell'anno, senza difetti 12 e tre decimi di fior di farina intrisa in olio, come oblazione per ciascun giovenco; due decimi di fior di farina intrisa in olio, come oblazione per l'ariete, 13 e un decimo di fior di farina intrisa in olio, come oblazione per ogni agnello. E' un olocausto di soave profumo, un sacrificio consumato dal fuoco per il Signore. 14 Le libazioni saranno di un mezzo hin di vino per giovenco, di un terzo di hin per l'ariete e di un quarto di hin per agnello. Tale è l'olocausto del mese, per tutti i mesi dell'anno. 15 Si offrirà al Signore un capro in sacrificio espiatorio oltre l'olocausto perenne e la sua libazione.

D. Gli azzimi

16 Il primo mese, il quattordici del mese sarà la pasqua del Signore. 17 Il quindici di quel mese sarà giorno di festa. Per sette giorni si mangerà pane azzimo. 18 Il primo giorno si terrà una sacra adunanza; non farete alcun lavoro servile; 19 offrirete in sacrificio con il fuoco un olocausto al Signore: due giovenchi, un ariete e sette agnelli dell'anno senza difetti; 20 come oblazione, fior di farina intrisa in olio; ne offrirete tre decimi per giovenco e due per l'ariete; 21 ne offrirai un decimo per ciascuno dei sette agnelli 22 e offrirai un capro come sacrificio espiatorio per fare il rito espiatorio per voi. 23 Offrirete questi sacrifici oltre l'olocausto della mattina, che è un olocausto perenne. 24 Li offrirete ogni giorno, per sette giorni; è un alimento sacrificale consumato dal fuoco, soave profumo per il Signore. Lo si offrirà oltre l'olocausto perenne con la sua libazione. 25 Il settimo giorno terrete una sacra adunanza; non farete alcun lavoro servile.

E. La festa delle settimane

26 Il giorno delle primizie, quando presenterete al Signore una oblazione nuova, alla vostra festa delle settimane, terrete una sacra adunanza; non farete alcun lavoro servile. 27 Offrirete, in olocausto di soave profumo al Signore, due giovenchi, un ariete e sette agnelli dell'anno; 28 in oblazione, fior di farina intrisa in olio: tre decimi per ogni giovenco, due decimi per l'ariete 29 e un decimo per ciascuno dei sette agnelli; 30 offrirete un capro per il rito espiatorio per voi. 31 Offrirete questi sacrifici, oltre l'olocausto perpetuo e la sua oblazione. Sceglierete animali senza difetti e vi aggiungerete le loro libazioni.