Study 21 From The Book of Numbers
is: Numbers 28 and 29. Reviews of Israel’s
1.
Distinguish between the daily
sacrifice throughout the year offered every morning and evening (28: 3-8) and
the additional sacrifices: (a) on the Sabbath (28:9, 10); (b) at the new moon
each month (28:11-15); (c) throughout the feast of unleavened bread and at
the
Passover itself (28:17-25, see Note below); (d) at the Feast of
Weeks (28:26-31); (e) at the blowing of trumpets (29:1-6); (f) on the Day of
Atonement (29:7-11); (g) at the Feast of Tabernacles (29:12-38).
2.
It was easy for these sacrifices
to become mere ritual-so much so that later prophets strongly condemned their
misuse. Am. 5:21-24 and Is. 1:11-18 give a clue as to the purpose of these
offerings and to God’s real requirements in and through them. Cf. Also Heb.
10:1-18.
Note. 28:24. The meaning is the
sacrifices prescribed above in verses 19-22 are to be offered daily throughout
the feast.
