Exodus 29:40

The minḥâh, or -meal-offering" (see Leviticus 2), as it is expressly termed in the " Numbers 28:5, which in P is the regular concomitant of a burnt-offering (see Numbers 15:1-12; and cf. Numbers 28:9; Numbers 28:12-13, &c.).

a tenth part(of an ephah)] Heb. - issârôn, only in P (28 times). The ephah was probably about 8 gallons, so the - issârônwould be about 6½ pints (see further Kennedy, in DB.iv. 912 b, near the bottom).

fine flour Genesis 18:6 and often: as the material of a meal-offering Leviticus 2:1; Leviticus 2:4-5; Leviticus 2:7, and elsewhere.

mingled with… oil as v.2, Leviticus 2:4-5 al.A -hin" (Jos. Ant.iii. 8. 3) was 1/6 of the -bath" (the equivalent for liquid measure of the ephah for dry measure, Ezekiel 45:11) = about 1⅓ gallon; ¼ of a hin would thus be about 2⅔ pints. For the oil of superior quality called beaten oil, see on Exodus 27:20: this is the only minḥâhfor which it is prescribed.

a drink offering or libation; also a frequent concomitant of the burnt-offering (Numbers 15:5; Numbers 15:7; Numbers 15:10; cf. Numbers 28:9; Numbers 28:14; Numbers 29:18; Numbers 29:21, &c.). According to Sir 50:15 it was poured out at the base of the altar. The amount, ¼ hin for a lamb, is the same as in Numbers 15:5; Numbers 28:14; for larger animals the amount was greater.