Numbers 28:27

Two young bullocks, &c.— The reader may observe, that here are two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs, required to be offered at this feast of Pentecost, or weeks; whereas in Leviticus 23:18 only one bullock, and two rams, and seven lambs are required; which difference is thus reconciled; these sacrifices, here specified, of two bullocks, a ram, and seven lambs, with their meat and drink-offerings, together with a kid of atonement, being precisely the same which are above prescribed upon the monthly festivals, and on the days of unleavened bread, are thought to be additional sacrifices, over and above those, which were before appointed to be offered with the two loaves of bread in Leviticus 23:17. It is observable, says Bishop Patrick, that there is not so much as one peace-offering ordered in all this chapter, which was a sort of sacrifice most for the benefit of those who brought them to the altar; but all burnt-offerings, (except a few sin-offerings) which were wholly for the honour of God, and in acknowledgment of his sovereign dominion over them, and of the duty they owed him. And as the sin-offerings were shadows of that great sacrifice of God's own Son, which was one day to be offered for the sins of men, out of his infinite love to them; so the whole burnt-offerings, which were always of the most perfect creatures, the finest flour, the choicest fruits of the earth, and the best liquor, were shadows of that excellent degree of piety which the Son of God intended to bring into the world, which would move men, out of love to God, to give themselves wholly up to him, and to devote all they had, even their own lives, to his service.