Numbers 28:1-8·~1 min

The Daily Offerings

The LORD speaks to Moses and charges Israel to present His food offerings at their appointed times. The chapter begins with worship treated as a matter of ordered obedience.

T¹hen the LORD said to Moses, ²“Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My food offerings, as a pleasing aroma to Me.

The daily burnt offering consists of two unblemished lambs, one in the morning and one at twilight, each with grain and drink offerings. The pattern reaches back to Sinai and gives each day a repeated offering of pleasing aroma to the LORD.

³And tell them that this is the food offering you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs. ⁴Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, ⁵along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives. ⁶This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. ⁷The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area. ⁸And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Section summaryThe LORD tells Moses to command Israel to present the regular daily burnt offering at its appointed times. Morning and twilight are marked by matching lambs, grain, and drink offerings, so each day begins and ends with a fixed gift before the LORD.

Role in the chapterThis opening section lays down the baseline rhythm for the whole chapter. All later offerings are added onto this daily pattern, making regular worship the frame around Sabbath and festival observance.