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Numbers Chapter
Twenty-eight
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 28
In
this chapter is a repetition of several laws concerning sacrifices
as the law
of the daily sacrifice morning and evening
Numbers 28:1 of
those that were offered every week on the sabbath day
Numbers 28:9 and
every month on the first day of the month
Numbers 28:11 and
on the seven days of unleavened bread
Numbers 28:16
and
at the feast of weeks
Numbers 28:26.
Numbers 28:1 Now the Lord spoke to Moses
saying
YLT
1And Jehovah speaketh unto
Moses
saying
And the Lord spake unto Moses
.... The number of the
children of Israel being taken
and orders given to divide the land unto them
according to their numbers; it was thought proper by the Lord to renew
or to
put in mind of
the laws concerning sacrifices which had been made
and which
they were to observe when they came into the land of Canaan; and the rather
this was necessary
as it was now thirty eight years ago since these laws were
first made
and during that time were much in disuse
at least some of them:
and besides
this was a new generation of men that were sprung up
those that
were at Mount Sinai at the giving of the law being all dead
except a very few;
and now Moses also was about to die
and would be no more with them to remind
them of these laws
and see that they were observed; and a successor of him
being appointed and constituted
it may be likewise on his account
as well as
the people's
that these laws were repeated:
saying; as follows.
Numbers 28:2 2 “Command
the children of Israel
and say to them
‘My offering
My food for My offerings
made by fire as a sweet aroma to Me
you shall be careful to offer to Me at
their appointed time.’
YLT
2`Command the sons of
Israel
and thou hast said unto them
My offering
My bread for My
fire-offerings
My sweet fragrance
ye take heed to bring near to Me in its
appointed season.
Command the children of Israel
and say unto them
.... For what
follows concerned them all; namely
the offering of their daily
weekly
monthly
and anniversary sacrifices
which were not for private persons
but
for the whole congregation; and these might be considered by them not merely as
commands and duties to be observed
but as tokens of the divine favour to them
that notwithstanding all their rebellions and provocations in the wilderness
sacrifices for sin were ordered
continued
and accepted of by the Lord; and
his acceptance of them
and well pleasedness in them
may easily be observed in
the expressions used concerning them:
my offering
and my bread; by "offering"
may be meant in general all sacrifices which were offered to the Lord
and by
his command; and more especially the burnt offering
which was wholly and
peculiarly his
and is after explained by sacrifices made by fire
and it is
chiefly of burnt offerings this chapter treats; and by "bread" may be
meant either the shewbread
which was set upon a table before the Lord
continually
as his bread; so the Targum of Jonathan
"my oblation
the
bread of the order of my table
shall the priests eat
but what ye offer on the
altar no man has power to eat;'or else the meat offering
or rather
as it may
be called
the bread offering
which always went along with burnt offerings;
though the copulative "and"
which is not in the text
may be
omitted
and both may signify the same
"my offering"
that is
"my bread"; for the sacrifices were the food of God
the provisions
of his house
of which there were all sorts in the sacrifices
flesh
bread
and wine; particularly the daily sacrifice was his food every day
and the fat
of sacrifices burnt is called the food of the offering made by fire
Leviticus 3:16
so
Jarchi interprets it
"my offering"
this is the blood; "my
bread"
the "amurim"
or fat that covereth the inward parts
which were burnt on the altar:
for my sacrifices made by fire for a sweet savour unto me; which
respects burnt offerings
wholly consumed by fire
and were entirely the
Lord's
and which he smelled a sweet savour in
or were acceptable to him:
these the children of Israel were
to observe to offer unto him in their due season; the daily
sacrifice
morning and evening; not before morning
nor after evening
as Aben
Ezra observes; and so all the rest at the proper time fixed
whether weekly
monthly
or yearly. The Jews
from this phrase
"observe to offer unto
me"
conclude the necessity of fixing stations
or stationary men
as
Jarchi notes; so the tradition is
"these are the stations
as it is said
"command the children of Israel
&c." but how can the offering of
a man be offered
and he not stand by it? wherefore the former prophets
appointed twenty four courses
and to every course there was a station at
Jerusalem of priests
Levites
and Israelites; and when the time of each course
came to go up
the priests and Levites went up to Jerusalem
and the Israelites
who belonged to that course went into their cities
and read the history of the
creationF4Taanith
c. 4. sect. 2. :'now these stations
or
stationary men
were substitutes for
or representatives of all Israel
and
stood by the sacrifices when they were offered
in which all Israel were
concerned
as particularly in the daily sacrifice
which is here first taken
notice of.
Numbers 28:3 3 “And you shall say to them
‘This is the
offering made by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs in their first year without blemish
day by day
as
a regular burnt offering.
YLT
3`And thou hast said to
them
This [is] the fire-offering which ye bring near to Jehovah: two lambs
sons of a year
perfect ones
daily
a continual burnt-offering;
And thou shalt say unto them
.... Having directed
Moses to command the people of Israel to observe to offer all the sacrifices of
God in general
the Lord proceeds to order him to speak of them to them
particularly and distinctly; this
according to Jarchi
is an admonition to the
sanhedrim:
this is the offering made by fire
which ye shall offer unto the
Lord; the daily burnt offering
which was wholly consumed by fire:
two lambs of the first year without spot
day by day for a
continual burnt offering; this law was made before
and is directed to in Exodus 29:38 where
the same things are said as here
only
as a further descriptive character of
the lambs
they are here said to be "without spot"; so all sacrifices
were to be without blemish
whether expressed or not; and in this
as in other
things
these lambs were typical of Christ
the Lamb of God
without spot and
blemish; and are said to be a "continual" burnt offering
because
they were offered every day in the week
without any intermission
on any account
whatever
which is frequently observed in this chapter: and this was to
continue
and did continue until the Messiah came
who put an end to it by the
sacrifice of himself
as to any real use of it; and was in fact made to cease a
few years after
by the utter destruction of Jerusalem
and was before that a
little while interrupted in the times of Antiochus
Daniel 8:11.
Numbers 28:4 4 The one lamb you shall offer in the morning
the other
lamb you shall offer in the evening
YLT
4the one lamb thou preparest
in the morning
and the second lamb thou preparest between the evenings;
The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning
.... Every
morning
to make atonement for the sins of the night
as the Targum of
Jonathan:
and the other lamb shall thou offer at even; or
"between the two evenings"
to make atonement for the sins of the
day
as the same Targum; in which they prefigured Christ
the Lamb of God
who continually
every day
morning and night
and every moment
takes away the sins of his
people
through the virtue and efficacy of his sacrifice
John 1:29; see Gill
on Exodus 29:39.
Numbers 28:5 5 and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain
offering mixed with one-fourth of a hin of pressed oil.
YLT
5and a tenth of the ephah of
flour for a present
mixed with beaten oil
a fourth of the hin;
And the tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering
.... Which
always went along with the burnt offering:
mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil: which in
those times and countries was used instead of butter; and fine flour and this
mingled together made a "minchah"
or bread offering
as it should
rather be called; of the measures used; see Gill on Exodus 29:40.
Numbers 28:6 6 It is a regular burnt offering which was
ordained at Mount Sinai for a sweet aroma
an offering made by fire to the Lord.
YLT
6a continual burnt-offering
which was made in mount Sinai
for sweet fragrance
a fire-offering to Jehovah;
It is a continual burnt offering
.... For the meat
offering was burnt as well as the lambs
at least part of it:
which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a sweet savour
a sacrifice
made by fire unto the Lord; that is
this law concerning the daily
burnt offering was made on Mount Sinai
so long ago as the children of Israel
were there; and it was then ordered that they should continually offer such a
sacrifice by fire
which would be grateful and acceptable unto God
especially
when done in faith of the sacrifice of his Son it was a type of; or which
sacrifice was "made"F5העשיה
"quod obtulistis"
V. L. "quod factum est"
Pagninus;
"quod sacrificatum fucrat"
Piscator. or offered at Mount Sinai
when
the law of it was first given there: hence Aben Ezra observes
that this is a
sign that they did not offer burnt offerings in the wilderness after they
journeyed from Sinai; but then
though sacrifices were not so frequently
offered by them as afterwards
yet one would think that the daily sacrifice
would not be omitted
which seemed to be always necessary; nor would there be any
or but little use of the altar
and the fire continually burning on it
if this
was the case; see Amos 5:25.
Numbers 28:7 7 And its drink offering shall be one-fourth of a
hin for each lamb; in a holy place you shall pour out the drink to the Lord as an offering.
YLT
7and its libation
a fourth
of the hin for the one lamb; in the sanctuary cause thou a libation of strong
drink to be poured out to Jehovah.
And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part
of an hin for the one lamb
.... For the lamb offered in the morning
along with the meat offering of which went a drink offering
which was of wine
and strong wine too
as the next clause expresses it; the quantity of which was
the fourth part of an hin
which was about a quart and half a pint of our
measure:
in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be
poured unto the Lord for a drink offering; that is
in the court of
the tabernacle upon the altar of burnt offering
which stood there: the Targums
of Jonathan and Jerusalem interpret it of old choice wine
old wine being
reckoned best
see Luke 5:39
and
though this wine was poured out on the altar
and not properly drank by any
yet it was to be the strongest
best
and choicest that could be got
as it was
reasonable it should; since it was poured out as a libation or drink offering
to the Lord
which was his way of drinking it
as the burning of the sacrifice
was his way of eating that; all which was typical of the sufferings
sacrifice
and bloodshed of Christ
which are well pleasing and acceptable to the Lord;
see Isaiah 53:10.
Numbers 28:8 8 The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; as the
morning grain offering and its drink offering
you shall offer it as an
offering made by fire
a sweet aroma to the Lord.
YLT
8`And the second lamb thou
dost prepare between the evenings; as the present of the morning
and as its
libation thou preparest -- a fire-offering
a sweet fragrance to Jehovah.
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even
.... As before
directed
Numbers 28:4
as the meat offering of the morning
and as the drink offering
thereof
shalt thou offer it; some think that "caph"
"as"
is put for "beth"
"with"
the letters
being similar
and so render the words
"with the meat offering of the
morning
and with the drink offering thereof"; but there is no need of
such a version
nor is it with propriety; and the meaning is
that a meat
offering and a drink offering were to go with the lamb offered at evening
of
the same sort
and in like manner
as were offered with the lamb of the
morning:
a sacrifice made by fire
of a sweet savour unto the Lord; this is
repeated
to encourage the people to offer it
and to show how very acceptable
it was to the Lord
especially the antitype of it.
Numbers 28:9 9 ‘And on the Sabbath day two lambs in their first year
without blemish
and two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain
offering
mixed with oil
with its drink offering—
YLT
9`And on the sabbath-day
two lambs
sons of a year
perfect ones
and two-tenth deals of flour
a
present
mixed with oil
and its libation;
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot
.... Just such
as were appointed for the daily sacrifice:
and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering
mingled with oil; that is
two
tenth parts of an ephah of flour mixed with two fourth parts of an hin of oil;
of oil olive
as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it
which is always meant
wherever oil is mentioned; which made one meat offering to them doubled for
both lambs
or two meat offerings of the same quantity with those of the daily
sacrifice
one for one lamb
and the other for the other:
and the drink offering thereof: which was of a like
quantity of wine doubled
in proportion to the meat offering; when these lambs
with the meat and drink offerings
were offered up
is not said
whether the
one in the morning after
and the other in the evening before the daily
sacrifice
which is not improbable
or both together.
Numbers 28:10 10 this is the burnt offering for every Sabbath
besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering.
YLT
10the burnt-offering of the
sabbath in its sabbath
besides the continual burnt-offering and its libation.
This is the burnt offering of every sabbath
.... Or
"of the sabbath in its sabbath"F6שבת
בשבתו "sabbathi in sabbatho ejus"
Pagninus
Montanus
Fagius
Junius & Tremellius
Piscator.
that is
as
Jarchi observes
the burnt offering of one sabbath was not to be offered on
another
but only on its own; so that if the sabbath was past
and the offering
not offered
it ceased; it was not to be renewed the following sabbath; every
sacrifice was to be offered in its own season
Numbers 28:2
beside the continual burnt offering
and its drink offering; and meat
offering also
over and above the two lambs of the daily sacrifice; with the
offerings that were appendages to them
two other lambs
with proportionate
meat and drink offerings
were offered also; the other were not to be omitted
on account of these
showing that more religions service was to be performed on
sabbath days than on others: it may be rendered "after" or
"upon"
to which sense Aben Ezra interprets it
after the daily
sacrifice; because
says he
he puts upon it the burnt offering of the sabbath;
which seems to confirm what has been suggested on the preceding verse
that
these lambs were offered morning and evening after the daily sacrifice
and
indeed there was nothing offered before that.
Numbers 28:11 11 ‘At the beginnings of your months you shall present a
burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls
one ram
and
seven lambs in their first year
without blemish;
YLT
11`And in the beginnings of
your months ye bring near a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two bullocks
sons of
the herd
and one ram
seven lambs
sons of a year
perfect ones;
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt
offering unto the Lord
.... On the first day of every month
when the new moon appeared;
that this was religiously observed appears from the blowing of the trumpets
over the sacrifices on this day
from attendance on the word of the Lord
by
his prophets
on this day
and from abstinence from worldly business on it
Numbers 10:10.
two young bullocks
and one ram
seven rams of the first year
without spot; this was the burnt offering
and a very large and costly one it
was: more creatures were offered on this day than on a sabbath day; not that
this was a more holy day than that
but this was but once a month
and
therefore the expense might be the more easily bore
whereas that was every
week.
Numbers 28:12 12 three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a
grain offering
mixed with oil
for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of
fine flour as a grain offering
mixed with oil
for the one ram;
YLT
12and three-tenth deals of
flour
a present
mixed with oil
for the one bullock
and two-tenth deals of
flour
a present
mixed with oil
for the one ram;
Verses 12-14
And three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering
mingled
with oil
for one bullock
.... The quantities of flour in the meat
offering
for each bullock
and for the ram
and for each lamb
are the same as
in Numbers 15:4 only
the quantity of oil for each is not here expressed
which for a bullock was
half an hin of oil
for a ram the third part of an hin
and for a lamb the
fourth part; and likewise the quantity of wine in the drink offerings for each
of them is the same here as there; which
according to the Targum of Jonathan
was to be wine of grapes
and not any other:
this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the year; or
"of
the month in its month"F7חדש בחדשו "mensis in mense ejus"
Pagninus
Montanus
Vatablus. ; it was to be offered at its appointed time every month
and not to
be deferred to another: Jarchi has the same remark here as on verse ten. See
Gill on Numbers 28:10.
Numbers 28:13 13 and one-tenth of an ephah of fine flour
mixed
with oil
as a grain offering for each lamb
as a burnt offering of sweet
aroma
an offering made by fire to the Lord.
YLT
13and a several tenth deal of
flour
a present
mixed with oil
for the one lamb; a burnt-offering
a sweet
fragrance
a fire-offering to Jehovah;
Numbers 28:14 14 Their drink offering shall be half a hin of wine for a
bull
one-third of a hin for a ram
and one-fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is
the burnt offering for each month throughout the months of the year.
YLT
14and their libations are a
half of the hin to a bullock
and a third of the hin to a ram
and a fourth of
the hin to a lamb
of wine; this [is] the burnt-offering of every month for the
months of the year;
Numbers 28:15 15 Also one kid of the goats as a sin offering to the Lord shall be offered
besides the regular burnt offering and its drink
offering.
YLT
15and one kid of the goats
for a sin-offering to Jehovah; besides the continual burnt-offering it is
prepared
and its libation.
And one kid of the goats
for a sin offering unto the Lord
shall
be offered
.... This was an offering of a different sort
not a burnt offering
but a sin offering
typical of Christ
who was made an offering for sin; and it
was of that sort of sin offerings which were to be eaten
as the Jews sayF8Maimon.
Hilchot Tamidin
c. 7. sect. 2. ; for there were some that were not
even such
whose blood was brought into the sanctuary
Leviticus 6:30.
MaimonidesF9Moreh Nevochim
par. 3. c. 46. p. 488. observes
that
this phrase
"unto the Lord"
is very particular and expressive
and
that the design of it is
to observe that it was offered to the Lord
and not
to the moon
as the Egyptians did:
besides the continual burnt offering
and his drink offering; though the
burnt offering of this day was so very large
consisting of so many creatures;
and besides that a goat for a sin offering; yet the daily sacrifice was not to
be omitted
and what belonged to that.
Numbers 28:16 16 ‘On the fourteenth day of the first month is
the Passover of the Lord.
YLT
16`And in the first month
in
the fourteenth day of the month
[is] the passover to Jehovah;
And in the fourteenth day of the first month
.... The month
Nisan
as the Targum of Jonathan or Abib
which
upon the Israelites coming out
of Egypt
and on that account
was made the first month; otherwise Tisri or
September was the first month
see Exodus 12:2
is the passover of the Lord; a feast in
which a lamb was killed and eaten
in memory of the Lord's passing over the
houses of the Israelites
when he slew the firstborn in Egypt; see Exodus 12:6.
Numbers 28:17 17 And on the fifteenth day of this month is the
feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
YLT
17and in the fifteenth day of
this month [is] a festival
seven days unleavened food is eaten;
And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast
.... Not of
the passover
that was the day before
but of unleavened bread
which began on
this day
and lasted seven days
Leviticus 23:6
which is what the Jews call the Chagigah:
seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten; see Exodus 12:15.
Numbers 28:18 18 On the first day you shall have a holy
convocation. You shall do no customary work.
YLT
18in the first day [is] an
holy convocation
ye do no servile work
In the first day shall be an holy convocation
.... The first
of the seven days
which was kept in a very religious manner:
ye shall do no manner of servile work therein; except by
preparing food to eat; see Exodus 12:16.
Numbers 28:19 19 And you shall present an offering made by fire as a
burnt offering to the Lord: two young bulls
one ram
and
seven lambs in their first year. Be sure they are without blemish.
YLT
19and ye have brought near a
fire-offering
a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two bullocks
sons of the herd
and
one ram
and seven lambs
sons of a year
perfect ones they are for you;
But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering
unto the Lord
.... Which was to be of the creatures next mentioned:
two young bullocks
&c. the same with the burnt offering on
the first day of the month
Numbers 28:11.
Numbers 28:20 20 Their grain offering shall be of fine flour mixed with
oil: three-tenths of an ephah you shall offer for a bull
and two-tenths
for a ram;
YLT
20and their present
flour
mixed with oil
three-tenth deals for a bullock
and two-tenth deals for a ram
ye do prepare;
Verse 20-21
And their meat offering
.... The quantity of
flour for which is the same for a bullock
a ram
and a lamb
as in Numbers 28:12.
Numbers 28:21 21 you shall offer one-tenth of an ephah for each
of the seven lambs;
YLT
21a several tenth deal thou
preparest for the one lamb
for the seven lambs
Numbers 28:22 22 also one goat as a sin offering
to make
atonement for you.
YLT
22and one goat
a
sin-offering
to make atonement for you.
And one goat for a sin offering
to make atonement for you. For notwithstanding
all their services and sacrifices
and though this day was an holy convocation
yet there was need of a sin offering to expiate their guilt
typical of Christ
who takes away the sins of our holy things as well as all other sins: this sin
offering also was of that sort which were eaten; for Maimonides saysF11Maimon.
Hilchot Tamidin
c. 7. sect. 3.
the goat of the sin offering was eaten on the
second day of the passover
which was the sixteenth of Nisan.
Numbers 28:23 23 You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of
the morning
which is for a regular burnt offering.
YLT
23`Apart from the
burnt-offering of the morning
which [is] for the continual burnt-offering
ye
prepare these;
Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning
.... The daily
morning sacrifice
and also besides the daily evening sacrifices
though it is
not expressed:
which is for a continual burnt offering; and not to be
intermitted on any account
let the sacrifices of the day be ever so numerous;
great care is taken to observe this.
Numbers 28:24 24 In this manner you shall offer the food of the
offering made by fire daily for seven days
as a sweet aroma to the Lord; it shall be offered besides the regular burnt offering and its
drink offering.
YLT
24according to these ye
prepare daily
seven days
bread of a fire-offering
a sweet fragrance
to
Jehovah; besides the continual burnt-offering it is prepared
and its libation;
After this manner ye shall offer daily throughout the seven days
.... That is
two bullocks
one ram
and seven lambs
for a burnt offering
on everyone of
the seven days; but then they were not all holy convocations
only the first
and last:
the meat of the sacrifice made by fire
of a sweet savour unto the
Lord; it seems by this that only the burnt offering was offered up
every day
but not a goat of the sin offering
that was peculiar to the first
day:
it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering
and his
drink offering; which is again repeated
that it might be diligently observed.
Numbers 28:25 25 And on the seventh day you shall have a holy
convocation. You shall do no customary work.
YLT
25and on the seventh day a
holy convocation ye have
ye do no servile work.
And on the seventh day ye shall have an holy convocation
.... As on the
first:
ye shall do no servile work; unless in dressing food.
Numbers 28:26 26 ‘Also on the day of the firstfruits
when you bring a
new grain offering to the Lord at your Feast of Weeks
you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no customary work.
YLT
26`And in the day of the
first-fruits
in your bringing near a new present to Jehovah
in your weeks
a
holy convocation ye have; ye do no servile work;
Also in the day of the firstfruits
.... When the firstfruits
of the wheat harvest were brought unto the Lord
which was the day of
Pentecost
fifty days from the sheaf of the wave offering being brought:
when ye bring a new meat offering unto the Lord; that is
a
meat offering made of the new corn
which were two wave loaves of two tenth
deals of fine flour
baked with leaven
Leviticus 23:15.
after your weeks be out; the seven weeks from the
passover to Pentecost
even seven complete sabbaths or weeks
Leviticus 23:15.
ye shall have an holy convocation
ye shall do no servile work; see Leviticus 23:21.
Numbers 28:27 27 You shall present a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to
the Lord: two young bulls
one ram
and seven lambs in their first year
YLT
27and ye have brought near a
burnt-offering for sweet fragrance to Jehovah: two bullocks
sons of the herd
one ram
seven lambs
sons of a year
Verses 27-30
But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the
Lord
.... Which was of the same kind
and was of the same number of
creatures as on the first day of the month
and on the seven days of unleavened
bread
Numbers 28:11
and
the meat offering which went along with this was of the same quantity of flour
to each creature as in the above mentioned sacrifices; and on this day also was
offered a kid of the goats for a sin offering; and there were also peace
offerings which are not mentioned here
nor is there any mention of any in the
whole chapter; see Leviticus 23:19.
Numbers 28:28 28 with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with
oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull
two-tenths for the one ram
YLT
28and their present
flour
mixed with oil
three-tenth deals to the one bullock
two-tenth deals to the
one ram
Numbers 28:29 29 and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs;
YLT
29a several tenth deal to the
one lamb
for the seven lambs;
Numbers 28:30 30 also one kid of the goats
to make atonement
for you.
YLT
30one kid of the goats to
make atonement for you;
Numbers 28:31 31 Be sure they are without blemish. You shall present them
with their drink offerings
besides the regular burnt offering with its grain
offering.
YLT
31apart from the continual
burnt-offering and its present ye prepare [them] (perfect ones they are for
you) and their libations.
And ye shall offer them besides the continual burnt offering
and
his meat offering
.... The daily sacrifice of the morning and evening
so often
mentioned in this chapter
and so frequently inculcated as not to be omitted
either in the weekly
monthly
or anniversary festivals; it being so necessary
a sacrifice
and so eminent a type of the great sacrifice of the Messiah:
they shall be unto you without blemish
and their drink offerings; the flour
of
which the meat offerings were made
was to be pure and clean
and free from
vermin; and the wine for the drink offering was not to be palled
and dead
and
dreggy: of the former
it is said in the MisnahF12Menachot
c. 8.
sect. 2.
"the treasurer puts his hand into it (the flour); if there comes
any dust with it
'it is rejected; if it produces worms
it is rejected: this
the commentators sayF13Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Menachot
c.
8. sect. 2.
is to be understood
if the greatest part of it is such; and with
respect to the latter
Jarchi says
our Rabbins learn from hence (this passage
of Scripture) that wine in which flour rises (or a dregginess like flour) it is
unfit for drink offerings
for they should be perfect: this denotes the purity
of Christ
the bread of life
and his spotless and perfect sacrifice
when his
soul was poured out unto death.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》