Numbers 28:9-10

B. OFFERINGS ON THE SABBATH vv. 9, 10
TEXT

Numbers 28:9. And on the sabbath day the two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: 10. This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

PARAPHRASE

Numbers 28:9. On the Sabbath day two lambs, yearlings without defects, and two-tenths of a measure of flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, and its drink offering. 10. This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.

COMMENTARY

On the sabbath, provisions for the offerings were doubled. The inference of the instructions in Numbers 28:9-10 is that the two lambs offered are in addition to the daily quota, and that they would follow the daily offering. The order appears here for the first time. The literal meaning of the instructions in Numbers 28:10 is, the sabbath burnt offering for its sabbath. The importance of the seventh day was underscored.

QUESTIONS AND RESEARCH ITEMS

519.

Why should the offerings given on the Sabbath be different in any way from those of the daily offerings?

520.

Compute the total number of lambs which would be offered during one year, combining the daily and Sabbath offerings.