You shall tell them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without defect, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
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You shall tell them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: male lambs a year old without defect, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
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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.
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And thou shalt say unto them: This is the offering made by fire which ye shall bring unto the LORD: he-lambs of the first year without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering.
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- Leviticus 6:9 “Command Aaron and his sons, saying, ‘This is the law of the burnt offering: the burnt offering shall be on the hearth on the altar all night until the morning; and the fire of the altar shall be kept burning on it.
- Exodus 29:38-42 “Now this is that which you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually. The one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening; and with the one lamb a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering. The other lamb you shall offer at evening, and shall do to it according to the meal offering of the morning and according to its drink offering, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh. It shall be a continual burnt offering throughout your generations at the door of the Tent of Meeting before Yahweh, where I will meet with you, to speak there to you.
- Ezekiel 46:13-15 “ ‘ “You shall prepare a lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering to Yahweh daily. Morning by morning you shall prepare it. You shall prepare a meal offering with it morning by morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of a hin of oil, to moisten the fine flour; a meal offering to Yahweh continually by a perpetual ordinance. Thus they shall prepare the lamb, the meal offering, and the oil, morning by morning, for a continual burnt offering.”
- Daniel 8:13 Then I heard a holy one speaking; and another holy one said to that certain one who spoke, “How long will the vision about the continual burnt offering, and the disobedience that makes desolate, to give both the sanctuary and the army to be trodden under foot be?”
- Daniel 11:31 “Forces will stand on his part, and they will profane the sanctuary, even the fortress, and will take away the continual burnt offering. Then they will set up the abomination that makes desolate.
- Daniel 12:11 “From the time that the continual burnt offering is taken away, and the abomination that makes desolate set up, there will be one thousand two hundred ninety days.
- John 1:29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- 1 Peter 1:19-20 but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ, who was foreknown indeed before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in this last age for your sake,
- Revelation 13:8 All who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been killed.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Num 28:3 And thou shalt say unto them, This…
Num 28:3 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.
Ver. 3. This is the offering.] {See Trapp on "Exo 29:38"} {See Trapp on "Exo 29:39"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shalt say unto them,.... Having directed Moses…
And thou shalt say unto them,.... Having directed Moses to command the people of Israel to observe to offer all the sacrifices of God in general, the Lord proceeds to order him to speak of them to them particularly and distinctly; this, according to Jarchi, is an admonition to the sanhedrim:
this is the offering made by fire, which ye shall offer unto the Lord; the daily burnt offering, which was wholly consumed by fire:
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two lambs of the first year without spot, day by day for a continual burnt offering; this law was made before, and is directed to in Exo 29:38 where the same things are said as here, only, as a further descriptive character of the lambs, they are here said to be "without spot"; so all sacrifices were to be without blemish, whether expressed or not; and in this, as in other things, these lambs were typical of Christ, the Lamb of God, without spot and blemish; and are said to be a "continual" burnt offering, because they were offered every day in the week, without any intermission, on any account whatever, which is frequently observed in this chapter: and this was to continue, and did continue until the Messiah came, who put an end to it by the sacrifice of himself, as to any real use of it; and was in fact made to cease a few years after, by the utter destruction of Jerusalem, and was before that a little while interrupted in the times of Antiochus, Dan 8:11.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Num 28:3. Two lambs day by day — This…
Num 28:3. Two lambs day by day — This first national sacrifice was to be offered every day, morning and evening, throughout the whole year, Exo 12:5; Exo 29:38.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Lambs. Kids would not suffice. See Exodus xxix. 38.…
Lambs. Kids would not suffice. See Exodus xxix. 38. The lambs must not be above a year old. But it is not clear whether they could be offered eight days after their birth, as on other occasions, Exodus xxiii. 19. (Calmet)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain THE DAILY BURNT OFFERING, Num_28:3-8.
THE DAILY BURNT OFFERING, Num_28:3-8.
This had already been instituted at Sinai, (Exo_29:38-42,) but it could not be performed amid the wilderness wanderings.
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3. Without spot — Perfect and unblemished. This did not include spots or various colours in the wool or skin. The Mishna describes fifty blemishes: five in the ear, three in the eyelid, eight in the eye, three in the nose, six in the mouth, twelve in the genitals, six in the feet, four in any place of the body — as scabs and wens — and three besides over all the body — as trembling with old age, sickness, or foul with excrements. It was unlawful to offer a lamb less than eight days old, a hybrid, a monstrosity, if it had killed a man, or were the price of a dog or a harlot, or had been dedicated to idolatry, or was an hour over a year old when the law required it to be of the first year.
Day by day — The daily burnt offering was a perpetually repeated demonstration of the duty of consecrating body, soul, and spirit to God. It was a reiterated object-lesson, teaching the human side of entire sanctification, entire self-surrender to Jehovah. Lev_1:3, note.
A continual burnt offering — That the whole daily life of Israel might be consecrated unto the Lord it was to be offered every morning and evening, for all future time, at the door of the tabernacle, where Jehovah met his people and communed with them. The daily sacrifice ceased at the destruction of Jerusalem. It will not be renewed until the Jews regain possession of Mount Moriah, the last place chosen by the Lord for offering sacrifices. Lev_17:2-5, notes; comp. Deu_12:11-14, and 1Ki_8:29.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (3) Two lambs of the first year . .…
(3) Two lambs of the first year . . . —See Exo_29:38-42.
A continual burnt offering.—The morning and evening lamb offered as “a continual burnt offering” afforded a striking type of the Lamb of God offered once for all” (Heb_7:3; Heb_10:12; Heb_10:14).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This is the offering made by fire. The daily…
This is the offering made by fire. The daily offering prescribed at Exo_29:38-42, and which had presumably never been intermitted since, is specified again here because it formed the foundation of the whole sacrificial system. Whatever else was offered was in addition to it, not in lieu of it. The sabbath and festival use of the Jews was developed out of the ferial use, and rested upon it. Hence in a connected republication of the law of offering it could not be omitted. Without spot. Septuagint, anwmouv . This necessary qualification had not been expressed in the original ordinance, but in respect of other sacrifices had been continually required. (see on Exo_12:5 Lev_1:3 Num_19:2 Heb_9:14 1Pe_1:19)
HOMILIES BY E.S. PROUT Vers. 3-8. The lessons of the daily burnt offering.
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In verses 1 and 2 we have a general statement respecting offerings to God, reminding us
(1) of the paramount claims of God (note repetition of "my" and "me"), and
(2) the promptness and punctuality needed in meeting those claims ("in their due season"). Then follow directions as to the most frequent of these offerings the daily burnt offering, which suggests lessons derived from
I ITS CHARACTER;
II ITS CONTINUANCE.
I It consisted of two parts:
(1) a lamb, a bleeding sacrifice;
(2) a meat and drink offering, flour, &c., bloodless; but the whole was to be burned before God.
We see here
1. Expiation. This we need every morning, for we awake and leave our beds sinful, and requiring an atonement that we may be able to present acceptable service during the day. And we need it every evening that daily sins may be forgiven, and that we may rest at peace with God, "clean every whir". (Joh_13:10)
2. Dedication. In the burnt offering, as distinguished from the trespass offering, expiation by blood-shedding is taken for granted, but the burning, as the symbol of entire surrender to God, is the culminating point. The various parts of the burnt offering may be regarded as typical of our surrender to God of all the varied powers and gifts he has bestowed. (Illustrate from Romans 12) As Christ presented himself in complete sacrifice to God, so should we. (Eph_5:2, &c.);
II "A continual burnt offering" (verse 3). So constant must the Christian"s self-surrender be. With each morning comes the summons "S ursum corda, and the appeal, Rom_12:1. Evening brings rest from earthly toil, but no cessation from a renewed, continual dedication to God. We should desire no exemption from this continual offering of ourselves when we remember the motives to it.
1. We ourselves and all we have are God"s.
2. We have enjoyed expiation through the perfect sacrifice of Christ. The law of the daily offering is urged because "ordained in Mount Sinai" (verse 6). The law of Christian self-sacrifice was published by deed, and not by word, at Calvary. (1Pe_2:24 1Pe_3:18)
3. Such sacrifice is pleasing, a sweet savour unto God "the Lord" (verse 6).
4. Such acts insure Divine manifestations. See Exo_29:38-43, which suggests that the neglect of the daily offering would interrupt communion with God.
5. Thus complete self-surrender brings us into the fullest sympathy with God, and thus into the most perfect liberty. P. (Psa_119:45 Joh_8:36, &c.);
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues telling Moses what the people must do.
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the offering made by fire
This can be stated in active form. "the burnt offering" or "the offering you have burned by fire on the altar" (See: Active or Passive)
mixed with
This can be stated in active form. "which you have mixed with" (See: Active or Passive)
a tenth of an ephah
"A tenth" means one part out of ten equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "2 liters" or "a tenth of an ephah (which is about 2 liters)" (See: Fractions and Biblical Volume)
one-fourth of a hin
"One-fourth" means one part out of four equal parts. This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "a liter" or "one-fourth of a hin (which is almost 1 liter)" (See: Fractions and Biblical Volume)
beaten oil
"pressed oil" or "pure olive oil." This refers to oil that has been pressed out of olives.
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burnt offering
lamb
year
blemish
day
tenth
grain offering
oil
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 28:3-8 The daily offering was the foundation of the…
28:3-8 The daily offering was the foundation of the sacrificial system. Its practice was instituted at Mount Sinai (see Exod 29:38-46). • alcoholic drink: Cp. Num 6:3; Lev 10:9; Deut 14:26.
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