my bread: Lev 3:11, Lev 21:6, Lev 21:8; Mal 1:7, Mal 1:12
for a sweet savour unto me: Heb. savour of my rest, Num 15:3, Num 15:7, Num 15:24; Gen 8:21; Exo 29:18; Lev 1:9, Lev 1:13, Lev 1:17, Lev 3:11; Eze 16:19; Eze 20:41 *marg. 2Co 2:15; Eph 5:2; Phi 4:18
in their due season: The stated sacrifices and service of the tabernacle having, probably, been greatly interrupted for several years, and a new generation having arisen, who were children or minors when the law was given respecting these ordinances; and as they were now about to enter into the promised land, where they must be established and constantly observed; God commands Moses to repeat them to the people in the following order:
- Daily Num 28:3-4
- Weekly Num 28:9-10
- Monthly Num 28:11-15
- Annually Num 28:16-25; Num 28:26-31; Num 9:2-3, Num 9:7, Num 9:13; Exo 23:15; Psa 81:3