Numbers 28:2

My bread] or 'my food': see on Leviticus 3:11.

3-8. The daily morning and evening burnt offering with its proper meal and drink offering: see on Exodus 29:38.

9, 10. The Sabbath Offering is double that of ordinary days.

11-25. The Festival of the New Moon is frequently mentioned alongside that of the sabbath: see Amos 8:5; 2 Kings 4:23; Isaiah 1:13; Isaiah 56:2; Hosea 2:11. It was a festival of great antiquity, dating from the time when the moon was an object of adoration. The Hebrews were forbidden to worship the moon (Deuteronomy 17:8), but the Festival of the New Moon was retained and transformed into a festival in honour of the Creator. Additional sacrifices were offered, and the silver trumpets were sounded during the performance of the sacrificial rites (Numbers 10:10).

The day was observed as a day of rest, and was celebrated with great joyfulness. A special importance attached to the new moon of the seventh month: see Numbers 29:1.

16-25. On the Passover Offering see Exodus 12 and cp. Leviticus 23:4.

26-31. The Day of the First Fruits is also known as the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost: see on Leviticus 23:9.