Numbers 28
The Daily Offerings
(Exodus 29:38–44)
¹ Then the LORD said to Moses,
² “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to Me.
³ And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.
⁴ Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,1
⁵ along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour 2 as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.3
⁶ This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
⁷ The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area.
⁸ And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
The Sabbath Offerings
⁹ On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour 4 mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.
¹⁰ This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
The Monthly Offerings
¹¹ At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
¹² along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour 5 mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with the ram,
¹³ and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
¹⁴ Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine 6 with each bull, a third of a hin 7 with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.
¹⁵ In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread
(Exodus 12:14–28; Leviticus 23:4–8; Deuteronomy 16:1–8)
¹⁶ The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
¹⁷ On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.
¹⁸ On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
¹⁹ Present to the LORD a food offering, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished.
²⁰ The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,
²¹ and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.
²² Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.
²³ You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
²⁴ Offer the same food each day for seven days as a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.
²⁵ On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
The Feast of Weeks
(Deuteronomy 16:9–12)
²⁶ On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks,8 you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
²⁷ Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,
²⁸ together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,
²⁹ and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.
³⁰ Include one male goat to make atonement for you.
³¹ Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. The animals must be unblemished.
28:4 Hebrew between the two evenings; also in verse 8 ↩︎
28:5 A tenth of an ephah is approximately 2 dry quarts or 2.2 liters (probably about 2.6 pounds or 1.2 kilograms of flour); also in verses 13, 21, and 29. ↩︎
28:5 Or a quarter hin of pure olive oil; Hebrew a quarter hin of pressed oil; that is, approximately 0.97 quarts or 0.92 liters; similarly in verses 7 and 14 ↩︎
28:9 Two-tenths of an ephah is approximately 4 dry quarts or 4.4 liters (probably about 5.1 pounds or 2.3 kilograms of flour); also in verses 12, 20, and 28. ↩︎
28:12 Three-tenths of an ephah is approximately 6 dry quarts or 6.6 liters (probably about 7.6 pounds or 3.5 kilograms of flour); also in verses 20 and 28. ↩︎
28:14 Half a hin is approximately 1.9 quarts or 1.8 liters of wine. ↩︎
28:14 A third of a hin is approximately 1.3 quarts or 1.2 liters of wine. ↩︎
28:26 That is, Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; it is also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1). ↩︎