Numbers 28:11 — meaning, Hebrew and Greek word study, commentary
Numbers 28:11
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
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Cross-references
Numbers 10:10 Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your b…
Ezekiel 46:6 And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.
Leviticus 1:3 If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the d…
Numbers 28:19 But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the firs…
1 Samuel 20:5 And David said unto Jonathan, Behold, to morrow is the new moon, and I should not fail to sit with the king at meat: but let me go, that I m…
2 Kings 4:23 And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.
1 Chronicles 23:31 And to offer all burnt sacrifices unto the LORD in the sabbaths, in the new moons, and on the set feasts, by number, according to the order…
2 Chronicles 2:4 Behold, I build an house to the name of the LORD my God, to dedicate it to him, and to burn before him sweet incense, and for the continual…
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Commentary
Matthew Henry on Numbers 28:9-15
The new moons and the sabbaths are often spoken of together, as great solemnities in the Jewish church, very comfortable to the saints then, and typical of gospel grace. Now we have here the sacrifices appointed, 1. For the sabbaths. Every sabbath day the offering must be doubled; besides the two lambs offered for the daily burnt-offering, there must be two more offered, one (it is probable) added to the morning sacrifice, and the other to the evening, Num 28:9, Num 28:10. This teaches us to double our devotions on sabbath days, for so the duty of the day requires. The sabbath rest is to be observed, in order to a more close application to the sabbath work, which ought to fill up sabbath tim…
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord--These were held as sacred festivals; and though not possessing the character of solemn feasts, they were distinguished by the blowing of trumpets over the sacrifices (Num 10:10), by the suspension of all labor except the domestic occupations of women (Amo 8:5), by the celebration of public worship (Kg2 4:23), and by social or family feasts (Sa1 20:5). These observations are not prescribed in the law though they obtained in the practice of a later time. The beginning of the month was known, not by astronomical calculations, but, according to Jewish writers, by the testimony of messengers appointed to watch the…
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 expe…
The Church Fathers
The third festival is set as the day of the new moon, on which a victim also is offered. Now "neomenia" means the new moon. This too, then, is a festival, when the moon is renewed. And it is called "new" when it has been made nearest to the sun and very closely joined to it, so that it hides beneath its brightness. But perhaps it may seem wonderful, indeed superfluous, that the divine law should command this. For what does it profit religion to observe as a festival the new moon, that is, when it is joined to the sun and cleaves to it? If these things are considered according to the letter, they will seem not so much religious as superstitious; but the Apostle Paul knew that the law does not speak of these things, nor did the Holy Spirit command that rite which seems to be observed by the Jews; and therefore he said to those who had received the faith of God: "Let no one therefore judge you in food or drink or in respect of a feast day or of a new moon or of a sabbath, which are a shadow of things to come." If, therefore, the sabbath, of which we expounded above as best we could, is a shadow of things to come, and the new moon is a shadow of things to come, it is certain that the other festivals likewise are shadows of things to come. But now let us look at the new moon. We said that the festival is called the new moon when the moon has begun to be renewed and to be made nearest to the sun and wholly joined to it. The Sun of justice is Christ; if the moon, that is, His Church, which is filled with His light, be joined to Him and cleave wholly to Him, so that, according to the word of the Apostle, "he who joins himself to the Lord becomes one spirit with Him," then it keeps the festival of the new moon; for then it is made new, when it has cast off the old man and put on the new, who is created according to God, and thus deservedly keeps the solemnity of renewal, which is the festival of the new moon. And it is then, finally, when it can neither be seen nor comprehended by human sight. For when the soul has wholly allied itself to the Lord and has wholly withdrawn into the splendor of His light, and thinks nothing at all earthly, seeks nothing worldly, nor is eager to please men, but has surrendered itself wholly to the light of wisdom, wholly to the warmth of the Holy Spirit, made subtle and spiritual — how can it be discerned by men or apprehended by human…
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Dictionary and topics
Festivals, Religious — There were daily (Lev. 23), weekly, monthly, and yearly festivals, and great stress was laid on the regular observance of them in every particular (Num. 28:1-8; Ex. 29:38-42; Lev. 6:8-23; Ex. 30:7-9;…
Flour — Grain reduced to the form of meal is spoken of in the time of Abraham (Gen. 18:6). As baking was a daily necessity, grain was also ground daily at the mills (Jer. 25:10). The flour mingled with water…
Lambs — are the young of sheep, but originally included also the young of goats. They formed an important part of almost every sacrifice. (Exodus 29:38-41; Numbers 28:9,11; 29,13-40) etc. [On the paschal…
Month — Among the Egyptians the month of thirty days each was in use long before the time of the Exodus, and formed the basis of their calculations. From the time of the institution of the Mosaic law the…
New Moon — The first day of the lunar month was observed as a holy day. In addition to the daily sacrifice there were offered two young bullocks, a ram and seven lambs of the first year as a burnt offering,…
New Moon, Feast of — Special services were appointed for the commencement of a month (Num. 28:11-15; 10:10). (See FESTIVALS.)
Pentecost — I.e., “fiftieth”, found only in the New Testament (Acts 2:1; 20:16; 1 Cor. 16:8). The festival so named is first spoken of in Ex. 23:16 as “the feast of harvest,” and again in Ex. 34:22 as “the day…
Sin-offering — (Heb. hattath), the law of, is given in detail in Lev. 4-6:13; 9:7-11, 22-24; 12:6-8; 15:2, 14, 25-30; 14:19, 31; Num. 6:10-14. On the day of Atonement it was made with special solemnity (Lev. 16:5,…
Bullock · .For sacrifice — .For sacrifice
Burnt Offering, The · Was offered: The first day of every month — Was offered: The first day of every month
Numbers 28:1-15
1. And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
1. Et loquutus est Jehova ad Mosen, dicendo:
2. Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
2. Praecipe filiis Israel, et dic eis, Oblationem meam, panem meum in oblationibus meis ignitis in odorem quietis meae custodietis, ut offeraris mihi tempore suo.
3. And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
3. Dices praeterea illis, Haec est oblatio i…
At the beginnings of the month, i.e., at the new moons, a larger burnt-offering was to be added to the daily or continual burnt-offering, consisting of two bullocks (young oxen), one ram, and seven yearling lambs, with the corresponding meat and drink-offerings, as the "month's burnt-offering in its (i.e., every) month with regard to the months of the year," i.e., corresponding to them. To this there was also to be added a sin-offering of a shaggy goat (see at Lev 4:23). The custom of distinguishing the beginnings of the months of new moon's days by a peculiar festal sacrifice, without their being, strictly speaking, festal days, with sabbatical rest and a holy meeting,
(Note: In later time…
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.
Rashi on Numbers 28:10
עלת שבת בשבתו lit., THE BURNT OFFERING OF A SABBATH ON ITS SABBATH — and not the burnt offering of this Sabbath on another Sabbath. Take the case that one had not offered the sacrifice on this Sabbath, I might think that he might offer two on the following Sabbath! However, it states “on its Sabbath’, thus showing that if its day (the Sabbath on which it had to be brought) be past, its (that Sabbath’s) offering is cancelled (Sifrei Bamidbar 144:2).
על עלת התמיד BESIDES THE CONTINUAL BURNT OFFERING — these two lambs are additional offerings for the Sabbath besides (על) those two lambs of the continual burnt offering. And this tells us that these additional offerings must be brought only betw…
Moon · FEAST OF THE NEW MOON — FEAST OF THE NEW MOON
New Moon · Feast of — Feast of
Sacrifices · Were offered: Monthly — Were offered: Monthly
Year · Divi — Divi
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