Numbers 28:3-10

28:3 You will say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual ¹  burnt offering. 28:4 The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon, ²  28:5 with one-tenth of an ephah ³  of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one quarter of a hin ⁴  of pressed olive oil. 28:6 It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.

28:7 “‘And its drink offering must be one quarter of a hin for each lamb. ⁵  You must pour out the strong drink ⁶  as a drink offering to the Lord in the holy place. 28:8 And the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon; just as you offered the grain offering and drink offering in the morning, ⁷  you must offer it as an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Weekly Offerings

28:9 “‘On the Sabbath day, you must offer ⁸  two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah ⁹  of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering. 28:10 This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, ¹⁰  besides the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

[28:3]  ¹ sn The sacrifice was to be kept burning, but each morning the priests would have to clean the grill and put a new offering on the altar. So the idea of a continual burnt offering is more that of a regular offering.

[28:4]  ² tn Heb “between the evenings” meaning between dusk and dark.

[28:5]  ³ sn That is about two quarts.

[28:5]  ⁴ sn That is about one quart.

[28:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “the one lamb,” but it is meant to indicate for “each lamb.”

[28:7]  ⁶ tn The word שֵׁכָר (shekhar) is often translated “strong drink.” It can mean “barley beer” in the Akkadian cognate, and also in the Hebrew Bible when joined with the word for wine. English versions here read “wine” (NAB, TEV, CEV); “strong wine” (KJV); “fermented drink” (NIV, NLT); “strong drink” (ASV, NASB, NRSV).

[28:8]  ⁷ tn Heb “as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering.”

[28:9]  ⁸ tn The words “you must offer” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to make a complete English sentence.

[28:9]  ⁹ sn That is, about 4 quarts.

[28:10]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “the burnt offering of the Sabbath by its Sabbath.”