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Numbers 28

Numbers 28 Summary, Context, and Full Chapter

Numbers 28 sets out the offerings Israel was to bring at fixed times through the year. It begins with daily sacrifices and moves to Sabbath, monthly, and festival offerings. The chapter shows that worship in Israel was ordered, repeated, and tied to the rhythms of time.

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What happens in Numbers 28?

This chapter gives detailed instructions for Israel's offerings at different times. Each day began and ended with a burnt offering, and the Sabbath, new moon, Passover, Unleavened Bread, and Feast of Weeks each had their own appointed sacrifices. The offerings included lambs, bulls, rams, grain, drink offerings, and sin offerings, all to be without defect. The repeated pattern highlights steady devotion, public worship, and atonement. The chapter also stresses sacred assemblies and rest from ordinary work on special days.

Numbers 28 comes near the end of the wilderness journey sections, after the new generation has been counted and before later instructions about vows and inheritance in the remaining chapters. It shifts from census and leadership matters to worship, showing how Israel's life in the land was meant to be ordered before the LORD. These commands prepare the people for settled covenant life.

Themes to notice

  • Regular worshipDaily, Sabbath, and monthly offerings show that worship was meant to be consistent, not occasional.
  • Holy timesThe calendar of feasts and new moons marks certain days as set apart for gathering before God.
  • Atonement and devotionSin offerings and unblemished sacrifices point to the need for cleansing and wholehearted giving.

Questions for Numbers 28

  • What do the repeated offerings suggest about the role of steady worship in Israel's life?
  • Why does the chapter link sacred days with both rest and sacrifice?
  • How do the required unblemished offerings shape the meaning of bringing something to the LORD?

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Numbers 28

The Daily Offerings

1Then 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 offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me.3And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.4Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,5along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.6This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.7The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area.8And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

The Sabbath Offerings

9On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.10This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.

The Monthly Offerings

11At 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,12along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour 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,13and 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, an offering made by fire to the LORD.14Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin 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.15In 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

16The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.17On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten.18On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.19Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished.20The 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,21and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.22Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.23You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.24Offer the same food each day for seven days as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.25On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

The Feast of Weeks

26On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.27Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,28together 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,29and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.30Include one male goat to make atonement for you.31Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. The animals must be unblemished.

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