Numbers 28:1

"Numbers."

Key Reflection

The instruction in Numbers 28:1, which simply states, "Command the children of Israel," sets the stage for detailed instructions on offering sacrifices and sacred meals that were central to ancient Israelite worship. The original audience would have understood this as a directive from God through Moses, emphasizing the importance and structure of religious practices, which included specific times and rituals to maintain a covenant relationship with Yahweh.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

The daily offering had been already commandedExodus 29:38, and no doubt additional offerings had become customary on festivals. But no such elaborate system as is here prescribed was or could possibly have been observed in the wilderness: compareDeuteronomy 12:8-9. The regulations of this and the next chapter therefore point to the immediate prospect of that settlement in Canaan which alone could enable the Israelites to obey them. Compare the ordinances inNumbers 15:0.

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