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The Continual and the Sabbath Offerings
v. 1. And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
v. 2. Command the children of Israel and say unto them, My offering, the special gift whereby the fellowship between God and the people was to be maintained, and My bread for My sacrifices made by fire (for the food of the sacrifices was devoted to the Lord and by Him given to the priests) for a sweet savor unto Me shall ye observe to offer unto Me in their due season. Cf Lev_1:2; Lev_3:11; Lev_23:2-4.
v. 3. And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord: two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering, one which should be made regularly and always.
v. 4. The one lamb shall thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shall thou offer at even, literally, "between the evenings," as the Jews understood it, between noon and sunset, although the reference is really to twilight;
v. 5. and a tenth part of an ephah of flour (about two and one-half quarts) for a meat-offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin (about a quart) of beaten oil, not the cheaper grade, that was produced in the oil-presses.
v. 6. It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a sweet savor, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.
v. 7. And the drink-offering thereof, the libation which was poured out at the time the sacrifice was offered, shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb; in the Holy Place shall thou cause the strong wine, for the wine is here called strong, intoxicating liquor, because it was used unmixed with water, to be poured unto the Lord for a drink-offering.
v. 8. And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even, "between the evenings"; as the meat-offering of the morning and as the drink-offering thereof thou shall offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the Lord, pleasant in His nostrils and the accompanying prayer therefore acceptable to Him, Psa_141:2. Cf Exo_29:38-44.
v. 9. And on the Sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot, without bodily blemish of any kind, and two-tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof.
v. 10. This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath beside the continual burnt offering, that is, in addition to the regular daily offering, and his drink-offering. Cf Num_15:3-16.