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Numbers 28

God orders Israel’s worship around continual offerings, with added sacrifices and appointed gatherings marking the calendar.

YHWH tells Moses to command Israel concerning offerings at their appointed times. Two lambs are to be offered each day, one in the morning and one at evening, with flour, oil, and drink offerings. Additional sacrifices mark Sabbaths, the beginnings of months, and the feasts. Instructions for Passover, Unleavened Bread, and the Feast of Weeks include dates, required offerings, and days when the people must gather and cease regular work.

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2“Command the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘See that you present my offering, my food for my offerings made by fire, as a pleasant aroma to me, in their due season.’
3You shall tell them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the LORD: male lambs a year old without defect, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
4You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening,
5with one tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil.
6It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
7Its drink offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for each lamb. You shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the LORD in the holy place.
9“‘On the Sabbath day, you shall offer two male lambs a year old without defect, and two tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering mixed with oil, and its drink offering:
10this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
11“‘In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect,
12and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering mixed with oil, for the one ram;
14Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
15Also, one male goat for a sin offering to the LORD shall be offered in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
16“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is the LORD’s Passover.
17On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
18In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work,
19but you shall offer an offering made by fire, a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. They shall be without defect,
22and one male goat for a sin offering, to make atonement for you.
25On the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work.
26“‘Also in the day of the first fruits, when you offer a new meal offering to the LORD in your feast of weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work;
27but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
30and one male goat, to make atonement for you.
31Besides the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, you shall offer them and their drink offerings. See that they are without defect.
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Key verses
Numbers 28:16The Passover date anchors the festival instructions, followed by seven days of unleavened bread and additional sacrifices.
Numbers 28:3The two unblemished lambs establish the continual burnt offering that remains in place beneath every added observance.
Numbers 28:1The opening identifies YHWH as the source of these commands and Moses as the one who receives them.
Where this chapter reaches

Exodus shares the morning and evening lamb offerings and the Passover calendar, while Leviticus sets out related festival dates, holy gatherings, and sacrificial requirements. Ezra records restored worship through continual burnt offerings and offerings for new moons and appointed feasts, echoing this ordered pattern.

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What is the continual burnt offering in Numbers 28?

It is the recurring offering of two male lambs a year old without defect, one each morning and one each evening. Each comes with prescribed flour, oil, and a drink offering. Sabbath and festival sacrifices are added to this baseline; they do not replace it.

What is the difference between Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread in Numbers 28?

Verse 16 places Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. The seven-day feast begins on the fifteenth, with unleavened bread eaten throughout. The first and seventh days require holy gatherings and no regular work. The chapter then specifies sacrifices for each of those seven days.

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Cross-reference data from OpenBible.info (CC BY). Scripture from the World English Bible (public domain). Arc diagram after Chris Harrison and Christoph Römhild (2007).