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Texts -- Numbers 28:16-25 (NET)

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Passover and Unleavened Bread
28:16 “‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is the Lord’s Passover . 28:17 And on the fifteenth day of this month is the festival . For seven days bread made without yeast must be eaten . 28:18 And on the first day there is to be a holy assembly ; you must do no ordinary work on it. 28:19 “‘But you must offer to the Lord an offering made by fire , a burnt offering of two young bulls , one ram , and seven lambs one year old; they must all be unblemished . 28:20 And their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil . For each bull you must offer three-tenths of an ephah , and two-tenths for the ram . 28:21 For each of the seven lambs you are to offer one-tenth of an ephah , 28:22 as well as one goat for a purification offering , to make atonement for you. 28:23 You must offer these in addition to the burnt offering in the morning which is for a continual burnt offering . 28:24 In this manner you must offer daily throughout the seven days the food of the sacrifice made by fire as a sweet aroma to the Lord . It is to be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering . 28:25 On the seventh day you are to have a holy assembly , you must do no regular work .

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  • The meal (grain, cereal) offering was also an offering of worship. It evidently symbolized the sacrifice and commitment of one's person and works to God as well as the worshipper's willingness to keep the law (cf. Rom. 12:1-2...
  • Keil and Delitzsch pointed out that ancient Near Easterners offered certain offerings before God incorporated these into the Mosaic Law. Moses previously mentioned burnt offerings in Genesis 12:7; 13:4, 18; 22; 26:25; 33:20; ...
  • Verse 4 introduces the seven annual festivals.In one sense the Passover (Heb. Pesah, v. 5) was the most important feast (cf. Exod. 12:1-28). It commemorated God's deliverance of Israel from Egyptian slavery by a powerful supe...
  • To formulate a statement that summarizes the teaching of this book it will be helpful to identify some of the major revelations in Numbers. These constitute the unique values of the book.The first major value of Numbers is th...
  • I. Experiences of the older generation in the wilderness chs. 1-25A. Preparations for entering the Promised Land from the south chs. 1-101. The first census and the organization of the people chs. 1-42. Commands and rituals t...
  • Another step in preparing to enter Canaan involved setting forth in an organized fashion all the sacrifices that God required the priests to offer for the whole nation during a year. These offerings maintained fellowship with...
  • The last chapter of Leviticus (ch. 27) contains instructions regarding how the Israelites were to handle vows under the Mosaic Law. In contrast this chapter deals with when and under what circumstances they could annul vows a...
  • The point of connection of this section with what precedes is the sacrificial meals. Moses repeated here the instructions regarding those important feasts that included sacrificial meals that the people would eat at the taber...
  • 45:18-20 On the first new year's day of each year the people should offer a young bull without blemish to cleanse the accumulated sinful defilement of the sanctuary. The priest in charge was to apply some of the blood of a si...
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