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You will say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire that you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual[a] burnt offering. The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon,[b] with one-tenth of an ephah[c] of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one-quarter of a hin[d] of pressed olive oil.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 28:3 sn The sacrifice was to be kept burning, but each morning the priests would have to clean the grill and put a new offering on the altar. So the idea of a continual burnt offering is more that of a regular offering.
  2. Numbers 28:4 tn Heb “between the evenings” meaning between dusk and dark.
  3. Numbers 28:5 sn That is about two quarts.
  4. Numbers 28:5 sn That is about one quart.