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Numbers 28:5

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 28:5 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
Numbers 28:5 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 28

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
2Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My oblation, my food for my offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season.
3And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto Jehovah: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering.
4The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
5and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
6It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
7And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah.
8And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“And the tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, etc.] 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 “<022940>Exodus 29:40”).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Num 15:4, Num 15:5; Exo 16:36, Exo 29:38-42; Lev 2:1 Numbers 28:6”
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