Num. 28 Offerings to be observed at set times: the daily burnt-offering in the morning, together with its meat and drink offering; and at evening, Num. 28:8. The sabbath offering, Num. 28:9–10. The burnt-offering of the new moons, with, its meat, drink, and sin offering, Num. 28:11–15.

God here repeats some of the former laws about sacrifices, not without great reason, partly, because they had been generally discontinued for thirty-eight years together; partly, because the generation to which the former laws had been given about these things was wholly dead, and it was fit the…

A meat-offering, which was an appendix or accessary to the principal sacrifice. See on Lev. 2:1, Num. 15:4.

Ordained, or, prescribed, instituted by God. Or, made, i.e. offered at that place, though since omitted for thirty-eight years.

In the holy place, i.e. upon the altar of burnt-offerings, which was in the court of the priests nigh to the entrance into the sanctuary. See Ex. 29:42, 2 Chron. 29:7. Strong wine, Heb.

Thou shalt offer it, or, thou shalt offer with it. Or, with the meat offering of the morning, and with the drink offering thereof thou shalt offer it; the letter caph being put for beth, which are alike in Hebrew, and the words are said to be read with beth in some copies.

Two lambs, besides that for the daily sacrifice, Num. 28:10.

In the beginnings of your months, which though not reckoned among the solemn feasts, Lev. 23:0, yet were celebrated as such, by the sound of trumpets, Num.

i.e. To be offered in the beginning of every month.

One kid of the goats; a he-goat. See Num. 15:24. Unto the Lord; not unto the moon, to which the Gentiles offered it.

Instituted by him, and to his honour and service. See on Lev. 23:5.

The feast, to wit, of unleavened bread; of which see on Lev. 23:6.

And that in the evening too, as is evident from the nature of the thing, and from other scriptures; but the morning sacrifice alone is mentioned, partly because the celebration of the feast began with it, and principally because this alone was doubtful, whether this might not be omitted when so…

i.e. The sacrifice made by fire, which is as it were my meat or food; for as God is said to smell the sacrifices, to wit, metaphorically, i.e. to accept of them; so is he said to eat them, i.e.

In the day of the first-fruits; in the feast of pentecost, Acts 2:1. A new meat-offering; new fruits, two loaves made of your new corn, Lev. 23:16. Your weeks, i.e. the seven weeks which you are to number from the passover, Lev. 23:15 Heb. in the weeks, in being put for after, as it is Isa.

The burnt-offering, for the celebration of the feast, over and besides that other offering which was joined with the first-fruits, Lev. 23:18; so here is a new additional sacrifice prescribed, which doth not destroy the former.