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John Gill's Exposition on Numbers 28:11
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord, etc.] 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, (<041010>Numbers 10:10 <120423>2 Kings 4:23 <300805>Amos 8:5) 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. Ver. 12-14. And three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock, etc.] The quantities of flour in the meat offering, for each bullock, and for the ram, and for each lamb, are the same as in (<041504>Numbers 15:4-10) 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” f435; 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 “<042810>Numbers 28:10”).
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