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The Daily Sacrifice |
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| 28:1 | God spoke to Moses, telling him to |
| 28:2 | give the Israelites instructions and tell them: Be careful to offer My fire-offering food sacrifice to Me in its proper time as My appeasing fragrance. |
| 28:3 | Tell them that the fire offering that they must offer to God shall consist of two yearling sheep without blemish each day as a regular daily burnt offering. |
| 28:4 | Prepare one sheep in the morning, and the second sheep in the afternoon. |
| 28:5 | There shall also be 1/10 ephah of wheat meal for the grain offering, mixed with 1/4 hin hand pressed olive oil. |
| 28:6 | This is the regular daily burnt offering, [the same as that] presented at Mount Sinai as an appeasing fragrance, a fire offering to God. |
| 28:7 | Its libation, shall be 1/4 hin wine for each sheep, poured in the sanctuary as a libation, a drink offering to God. |
| 28:8 | Present the second sheep in the afternoon. You shall present it [with the same] meal offering and libation as the morning [sacrifice]; it is a fire offering, an appeasing fragrance to God. |
The Additional Sabbath Offering |
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| 28:9 | On the Sabbath day, [you shall present] two [additional] yearling sheep without blemish, 2/10 [ephah] wheat meal mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its libation. |
| 28:10 | This is the burnt offering presented each Sabbath in addition to the regular daily burnt offering and its libation. |
The New Moon Offering |
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| 28:11 | On your new moon festivals you shall present as a burnt offering to God, two young bulls, one ram, and seven yearling sheep, [all] without blemish. |
| 28:12 | There shall be a grain offering of 3/10 [ephah] wheat meal mixed with oil for each bull, a grain offering of 2/10 [ephah] wheat meal mixed with oil for the ram, |
| 28:13 | and a grain offering of 1/10 [ephah] mixed with oil for each sheep. This shall be burnt offering [presented] as an appeasing fragrance to God. |
| 28:14 | Their wine libations shall consist of 1/2 hin for each bull, 1/3 hin for the ram, and 1/4 hin for each sheep. This is the new moon burnt offering, for the year's lunar months. |
| 28:15 | There shall also be one goat [presented] as a sin offering to God. [All this] shall be presented in addition to the regular daily burnt offering and its libation. |
The Passover Offering |
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| 28:16 | The 14th day of the first month is God's Passover. |
| 28:17 | Then, on the 15th day, a festival shall begin, when matzahs shall be eaten for seven days. |
| 28:18 | The first day shall be a sacred holiday when you shall do no mundane work. |
| 28:19 | As a burnt fire offering to God, you shall offer two young bulls, one ram, and seven yearling sheep, making sure that [all] are without blemish. |
| 28:20 | The grain offering that you must present shall consist of wheat meal mixed with oil, 3/10 [ephah] for each bull, 2/10 for the ram, |
| 28:21 | and 1/10 for each of the seven sheep. |
| 28:22 | [There shall also be] a sin offering goat to make atonement for you. |
| 28:23 | [All] these shall be presented in addition to the morning burnt offering that [is offered as] the regular daily sacrifice. |
| 28:24 | On each of the seven days, you shall prepare a similar [sacrifice] as a consumed fire offering, an appeasing fragrance to God. This shall be in addition to the regular daily burnt offering and its libation. |
| 28:25 | The seventh day shall be a sacred holiday to you, when you shall not do any mundane work. |
The Shavuoth Offering |
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| 28:26 | The day of first fruits is when you bring a new grain offering to God as part of your Shavuoth festival. It shall be a sacred holiday to you when you may not do any mundane work. |
| 28:27 | As an appeasing fragrance to God, you shall then present a burnt offering consisting of two young bulls, one ram and seven yearling sheep. |
| 28:28 | Their grain offering consisting of wheat meal mixed with oil shall be 3/10 [ephah] for each bull, 2/10 for the ram, |
| 28:29 | and 1/10 for each of the seven sheep. |
| 28:30 | There shall also be one male goat to atone for you. |
| 28:31 | You must present [all this] in addition to the regular daily burnt offering and its meal offering. These [sacrifices] and their libations must be without blemish for you [to present them]. |
Commentary:
| yearling sheep A male (Yad, Maaseh HaKorbanoth 1:15). |
| regular daily Tamid in Hebrew. |
| Prepare... See Exodus 29:39. Also see Numbers, 28:6. |
| 1/10 ephah Around 2 quarts. |
| wheat meal See Exodus 29:2, Leviticus 2:1 (Sifri). |
| 1/4 hin Around a quart. |
| hand pressed See Exodus 27:20 (Sifri). |
| at Mount Sinai See Exodus 24:5, 29:39. Some say that the Israelites began bringing a daily sacrifice at Mount Sinai even before the Tabernacle was erected (Chagigah 6a). |
| 1/4 hin See Numbers 15:5. |
| Sabbath All the following are called Mussaf offerings. |
| new moon festivals The first of every lunar month. |
| grain offering See Numbers 15:4,6,9. |
| wine libations See Numbers 15:5,7,10. |
| 14th day of the first month 14 Nissan. |
| mundane Or, 'service work;' see Leviticus 23:7. |
| new grain offering See Leviticus 23:16. |
| Shavuoth Or, 'Weeks.' The Targum renders this Atzereth (Retreat), another name for Shavuoth (cf. Chizzkuni). |
| libations They must also be without blemish, that is, the wine must be without taint (Sifri; Menachoth 86b; Rashi). |
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