Numbers 28 - Introduction
_THE LAWS CONCERNING THE BURNT-OFFERINGS, SABBATH, PASSOVER, AND FIRST-FRUITS, ARE REPEATED._ _Before Christ 1452._... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LAWS CONCERNING THE BURNT-OFFERINGS, SABBATH, PASSOVER, AND FIRST-FRUITS, ARE REPEATED._ _Before Christ 1452._... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE LORD SPAKE UNTO MOSES— The stated sacrifices and services of the tabernacle having now been omitted, or at least very much interrupted, for many years, on account of the frequent and tedious travels of the Israelites; (see Deuteronomy 12:8.) and this new generation not having heard the ordin... [ Continue Reading ]
MEAT-OFFERING— Or _bread-offering;_ and so where-ever it occurs in this and the following Chapter s.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STRONG WINE TO BE POURED UNTO THE LORD— See Leviticus 10:9. This _strong wine,_ of whatever sort it was, was to be the best of the kind; it being but reasonable that the best should be offered to God. The same reverence for religion taught the heathens to offer to their gods the most excellent w... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IN THE BEGINNINGS OF YOUR MONTHS, YE SHALL OFFER— As the first stated sacrifice was daily, Numbers 28:3 the second weekly, Numbers 28:9 so the third was monthly, to be offered upon the first day of every month: and it is thought by some to have been ordained in opposition to the idolatry of the... [ Continue Reading ]
ONE KID—UNTO THE LORD— Grotius judiciously observes, that the words _to the Lord_ are here added to make the Hebrews more sensible that it was to the true God they were now to offer, and not to the moon; of which planet, the _kid,_ with his two horns, being an emblem, was therefore chosen for a sacr... [ Continue Reading ]
TWO YOUNG BULLOCKS, &C.— The reader may observe, that here are _two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs,_ required to be offered at this feast of Pentecost, or weeks; whereas in Leviticus 23:18 only _one bullock,_ and _two rams,_ and _seven lambs_ are required; which difference is thus reconciled; th... [ Continue Reading ]