Add parallel Print Page Options

Daily Offerings

28 [a] The Lord spoke to Moses: “Command the Israelites:[b] ‘With regard to my offering,[c] be sure to offer[d] my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.’[e] You will say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire that you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual[f] burnt offering. The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon,[g] with one-tenth of an ephah[h] of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one-quarter of a hin[i] of pressed olive oil. It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

“‘And its drink offering must be one-quarter of a hin for each lamb.[j] You must pour out the strong drink[k] as a drink offering to the Lord in the Holy Place. And the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon; just as you offered the grain offering and drink offering in the morning,[l] you must offer it as an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 28:1 sn For additional reading on these chapters, see G. B. Gray, Sacrifice in the Old Testament; A. F. Rainey, “The Order of Sacrifices in the Old Testament Ritual Texts,” Bib 51 (1970): 485-98; N. H. Snaith, The Jewish New Year Festival.
  2. Numbers 28:2 tn Heb “and say to them.” These words have not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
  3. Numbers 28:2 tn The sentence begins with the accusative “my offering.” It is suspended at the beginning as an independent accusative to itemize the subject matter. The second accusative is the formal object of the verb. It could also be taken in apposition to the first accusative.
  4. Numbers 28:2 tn The construction uses the imperfect tense expressing instruction, followed by the infinitive construct used to express the complement of direct object.
  5. Numbers 28:2 sn See L. R. Fisher, “New Ritual Calendar from Ugarit,” HTR 63 (1970): 485-501.
  6. Numbers 28:3 sn The sacrifice was to be kept burning, but each morning the priests would have to clean the grill and put a new offering on the altar. So the idea of a continual burnt offering is more that of a regular offering.
  7. Numbers 28:4 tn Heb “between the evenings” meaning between dusk and dark.
  8. Numbers 28:5 sn That is about two quarts.
  9. Numbers 28:5 sn That is about one quart.
  10. Numbers 28:7 tn Heb “the one lamb,” but it is meant to indicate for “each lamb.”
  11. Numbers 28:7 tn The word שֵׁכָר (shekhar) is often translated “strong drink.” It can mean “barley beer” in the Akkadian cognate, and also in the Hebrew Bible when joined with the word for wine. English versions here read “wine” (NAB, TEV, CEV); “strong wine” (KJV); “fermented drink” (NIV, NLT); “strong drink” (ASV, NASB, NRSV).
  12. Numbers 28:8 tn Heb “as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering.”

Daily Offerings(A)

28 The Lord told Moses, “You are to command the Israelis about my offerings that they are to be sure to bring edible offerings to me, presented by fire, and a pleasing aroma to me, at their appointed time. Tell them that this is the offering, presented by fire, that you are to offer to the Lord: two one year old lambs, offered daily every day. Offer the first lamb in the morning and the second toward the evening,[a] accompanied by one tenth of an ephah[b] of fine flour for grain offering, mixed with one fourth of a hin[c] of pure olive oil. This burnt offering, which was prescribed at Mount Sinai, is to be offered every day[d] as a pleasing aroma made by fire to the Lord.

“The drink offering is to be one fourth of a hin[e] for each[f] lamb. You are to pour out a drink offering of strong wine to the Lord in the Holy Place. You are also to offer the second lamb toward the evening. Just like the morning sacrifice,[g] you are to present the grain offering, accompanied by its corresponding drink offering, as a presentation made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Numbers 28:4 Lit. between the evenings; i.e. between the beginning of sunset and the sun’s disappearance over the horizon; and so through chapter 29
  2. Numbers 28:5 I.e., an ephah was equal to from /3 to /4 of a bushel
  3. Numbers 28:5 .5 I.e. about one quart; the hin was equivalent to about one gallon
  4. Numbers 28:6 Lit. offered continuously
  5. Numbers 28:7 .7 I.e. about one quart; the hin was equivalent to about one gallon
  6. Numbers 28:7 Lit. the one
  7. Numbers 28:8 The Heb. lacks sacrifice