Matthew Poole and continuators on Numbers 28

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.

God here repeats some of the former laws about sacrifices, not without great reason, partly because they had been generally discontinued for 38 years together; partly because the generation to which the former laws had been given about these things was wholly dead, and it was fit the new generation should be instructed about them, as their parents were; partly to renew the testimonies of Gods grace and mercy, notwithstanding their frequent forfeitures thereof by their horrid Apostacies and Rebellions; and principally because they were now ready to enter into that land, in which they were obliged to put these things in practise, Deut. 12. 8. &c.

According to this translation the sence is, My offering, i. e. my offerings or sacrifices, and my bread, i. e. either my shewbread, or rather my meat-offering made of bread or meal, for my sacrifices made by fire, i. e. which is to accompany my burnt-offerings. Or thus, My offering, to wit, my bread, (i. e.) my meat-offering, which was made of bread or meal, which is oft expressed by this very name of Korban, or offering as Levit. 2. 1. and 6. 20. but because korban signifies not onely a meat-offering but other offerings also, as Lev. 7. 37, 38. therefore he limits that general word by adding, my bread) with (so the Hebrew Lamed is oft used, as Gen. 46. 26. Ezra 1. 5. and 2. 63. &c.) my sacrifices made by fire, which may be understood either 1. generally for all the sacrifices, as that phrase is sometimes taken, as 1 Sam. 2. 28. where it must needs be so meant, because the burnt-offerings properly so called were not given to the Priest but reserved to God himself, and the Priests portion lay in the other sacrifices onely, or 2. specially and properly for burnt-offerings, and so under them, as the most eminent kind, are contained in all other sacrifices, as under the meat-offering here is contained the drink-offering. And according to this translation and explication these words contain a full and general rule comprehending all the particulars following in this chapter, as in reason they ought to do, and which otherwise they do not.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1+ letters]ev. 5. 11. & [illegible: 1 word] 6, 8.; [illegible: 1 word]. 1. [illegible: 1+ letters], 12. [illegible: 1 word]. a savor [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word].

5 And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat-offering , mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oyl.

Which was an appendix or accessory to the principal sacrifice. See on Lev. 2. 1. and Numb. 15. 4.

Marginal references: Lev. 2. 4.; Exod. 29. 40▪

6 It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.

Or, prescribed, instituted by God. Or, made, i. e. offered at that place; though since omitted for 38 years.

7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD, for a drink-offering.

(i. e.) Upon the altar of burnt-offerings which was in the court of the Priests nigh the entrance into the Sanctuary. See Exod. 29. 42. 2 Chron. 29. 7.

Heb. Shecar, which though it signifie in the general all kinds of strong drink, yet is here put for the most famous of that kind, to wit, for wine, which alone was used in offerings, as appears below ver. 18. Exod. 29. 40.

Marginal references: Heb. Sh[illegible: 1+ letters]kar. Gr. Sicera. See Luk. 1. 15.

8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it , a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet favour unto the LORD.

Or, thou shalt offer with it. Or, with the meat-offering of the morning, and with the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it; the letter caph being put for beth, which are alike in Hebrew, and the words are said to be read with beth in some copies.

9 And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth-deals of flour for a meat-offering, mingled with oyl, and the drink-offering thereof.

Besides that for the daily sacrifice, ver. 10.

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.

Which, though not▪ reckoned among the solemn feasts, Lev. 23. yet were celebrated as such, by the sound of trumpets, Numb. 10. 10 by extraordinary sacrifices, by abstinence from servile works Amos 8. 5. and by attendance upon the ministry of Gods word, 2 King. 4. 23. And God ordained it thus, partly that by giving God the first fruits of every moneth they should acknowledge him as the Lord of all their time, and own his providence by which all times and seasons and all the fruits and blessings of them and actions done in them are ordered, and partly that it might be a type of the future renovation of the world by Christ.

Marginal references: chap. 10. 10. 1 Sam. 20. 5.

14 And their drink-offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt-offering of every month throughout the months of the year.

(i. e▪ ) To be offered in the beginning of every moneth.

15 And one kid of the goats for a sin-offering unto the LORD shall be offered, besides the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering.

An he goat. See Numb. 15. 24.

Not unto the moon, to which the Gentiles offered it.

16 And in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover of the LORD .

Instituted by him and to his honour and service. See on Lev. 23. 5.

Marginal references: Exod. 12. 18. [illegible: 1+ letters]ev. 23. 5. chap. 9. 3. Deut. 16. 1.

17 And in the fifteenth day of this month is the feast , seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten.

To wit, of unleavened bread, of which see on Lev. 23. 6.

23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt-offering in the morning , which is for a continual burntoffering.

And that in the evening too, as is evident from the nature of the thing and from other scriptures, but the morning-sacrifice alone is mentioned, partly because the celebration of the feast began with it, and principally because this alone was doutbful, whether this might not be omitted when so many other sacrifices were offered in that morning, whereas there was no question but the evening sacrifice should be offered, when there were none other besides it to be offered.

24 After this manner ye shall offer daily throughout the seven dayes the meat of the sacrifice made by fire , of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and his drink-offering.

(i. e.) The sacrifice made by fire which is as it were my meat or food: for as God is said to smell the sacrifices, to wit, metaphorically, i. e. to accept of them, so is he said to eat them, i. e. to devour or consume them and to be satisfied with them, such things spoken of God after the manner of men are to be understood so as will agree with the majesty of God.

Marginal references: Heb. the bread, Lev. 3. 11, 16.

26 Also in the day of the first-fruits , when ye bring a new meat-offering unto the LORD, after your weeks be out : ye shall have an holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

In the feast of Pentecost, Act. 2. 1.

New fruits, two loaves made of your new corn, Levit. 23. 16.

(i. e.) The seven weeks which you are to number from the Passeover, Lev. 23. 15. Heb. in the weeks, in being put for after, as it is Isa. 20. 1. Luk. 9. 36. and 11. 37.

Marginal references: Exod. 23. 16. and 34. 22. Deut. 16. 10.

27 But ye shall offer the burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD, two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year.

For the celebration of the feast over and besides that other offering which was joyned with the first-fruits, Lev. 23. 18. so here is a new additional sacrifice prescribed, which doth not destroy the former.