Numbers 28:3-31
Summary for Num 28:3-8: 28:3-8 a The daily offering was the foundation of the sacrificial system. Its practice was instituted at Mount Sinai (see Exod 29:38-46 b).• alcoholic drink: Cp. Num 6:3 c; Lev 10:9 d; Deut 14:26 e.
Summary for Num 28:9-10: 28:9-10 f Special days called for additional offerings. The Sabbath day required a sacrifice over and above the regular burnt offering and its accompanying liquid offering. Other passages highlight the importance of the Sabbath (e.g., Exod 20:8-11 g; Lev 23:3 h; Deut 5:12-15 i).
Summary for Num 28:11-15: 28:11-15 j The offering of the first day of each month—the New Moon—called for the sacrifice of bulls, rams, and lambs as burnt offerings, along with a male goat as a sin offering.
Summary for Num 28:16-25: 28:16-25 k The Passover, followed by the Festival of Unleavened Bread, was the first of five great annual festivals; it was held in early spring (March~April). The Passover required no public sacrifices—it was a family occasion celebrated at home (see also 9:1-4 l; Exod 12:1–13:10 m; Lev 23:5-8 n; Deut 16:1-8 o). This festival played a special role in the background of the Last Supper (see Matt 26:17-19 p, 26-27 q; Mark 14:12 r; John 11:55 s; 12:1 t; 13:1 u; 18:28 v, 39 w; 19:14 x, 31 y; cp. 1 Cor 5:7 z).
Summary for Num 28:26-31: 28:26-31 aa The Festival of Harvest was later called the Festival of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1 ab); see also Lev 23:15-22 ac. It celebrated the end of the barley harvest and the beginning of the wheat harvest in early summer (May~June). The Greek name Pentecost means “fiftieth day” (i.e., after Passover; see Acts 20:16 ad; 1 Cor 16:8 ae).
Numbers 29:1-39
Summary for Num 29:1-6: 29:1-6 af the Festival of Trumpets: See also Lev 23:23-25 ag.Summary for Num 29:7-11: 29:7-11 ah The Day of Atonement was a solemn occasion, a day of fasting (see also Lev 16 ai; 23:26-32 aj; Rom 3:23-25 ak; Heb 9:7-12 al, 23-28 am). 29:7 an Ten days later, on the tenth day of the same month: It is celebrated today as Yom Kippur (from Hebrew yom hakkippurim, Lev 23:27 ao).
Summary for Num 29:12-38: 29:12-38 ap The Festival of Shelters began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. It was an eight-day harvest celebration (29:12 aq, 35 ar; Exod 34:22 as) that required an enormous number of offerings. This harvest festival was an especially joyous occasion and a time for thanksgiving (see Neh 8:13-18 at). The shelters also reminded the Israelites of dwelling in tents during their wilderness sojourn (see also Lev 23:33-43 au; 1 Kgs 8:1-2 av).
29:39 aw Public offerings were supplemented by a variety of voluntary individual gifts (cp. Lev 23:38 ax).
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