CHAPTER 28
. OFFERINGS TO
BE OBSERVED.
2. Command the children of Israel,
and say unto them—The repetition of several laws formerly
enacted, which is made in this chapter, was seasonable and necessary,
not only on account of their importance and the frequent neglect of
them, but because a new generation had sprung up since their first
institution and because the Israelites were about to be settled in
the land where those ordinances were to be observed.
My offering, and my
bread—used generally for the appointed offerings, and the
import of the prescription is to enforce regularity and care in their
observance.
9, 10. This is the burnt offering of
every sabbath—There is no previous mention of a Sabbath burnt
offering, which was additional to the daily sacrifices.
11-15. And in the beginnings of your
months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord—These were
held as sacred festivals; and though not possessing the character of
solemn feasts, they were distinguished by the blowing of trumpets
over the sacrifices (Numbers 10:10),
by the suspension of all labor except the domestic occupations of
women (Amos 8:5), by the
celebration of public worship (Amos 8:5), and by social or family feasts (Amos 8:5). These observations are not prescribed in the law though
they obtained in the practice of a later time. The beginning of the
month was known, not by astronomical calculations, but, according to
Jewish writers, by the testimony of messengers appointed to watch the
first visible appearance of the new moon; and then the fact was
announced through the whole country by signal-fires kindled on the
mountain tops. The new-moon festivals having been common among the
heathen, it is probable that an important design of their institution
in Israel was to give the minds of that people a better direction;
and assuming this to have been one of the objects contemplated, it
will account for one of the kids being offered unto the Lord (Amos 8:5), not unto the moon, as the Egyptians and Syrians did. The
Sabbath and the new moon are frequently mentioned together.
16-25. in the fourteenth day of the
first month is the passover—The law for that great annual
festival is given (Leviticus 23:5), but
some details are here introduced, as certain specified offerings are
prescribed to be made on each of the seven days of unleavened bread
[Numbers 28:18-25].
26, 27. in the day of the
first-fruits . . . offer the burnt offering—A new sacrifice is
here ordered for the celebration of this festival, in addition to the
other offering, which was to accompany the first-fruits ().
CHAPTER 28
. OFFERINGS TO BE OBSERVED.
2. Command the children of Israel, and say unto them—The repetition of several laws formerly enacted, which is made in this chapter, was seasonable and necessary, not only on account of their importance and the frequent neglect of them, but because a new generation had sprung up since their first institution and because the Israelites were about to be settled in the land where those ordinances were to be observed.
My offering, and my bread—used generally for the appointed offerings, and the import of the prescription is to enforce regularity and care in their observance.
9, 10. This is the burnt offering of every sabbath—There is no previous mention of a Sabbath burnt offering, which was additional to the daily sacrifices.
11-15. And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord—These were held as sacred festivals; and though not possessing the character of solemn feasts, they were distinguished by the blowing of trumpets over the sacrifices (Numbers 10:10), by the suspension of all labor except the domestic occupations of women (Amos 8:5), by the celebration of public worship (Amos 8:5), and by social or family feasts (Amos 8:5). These observations are not prescribed in the law though they obtained in the practice of a later time. The beginning of the month was known, not by astronomical calculations, but, according to Jewish writers, by the testimony of messengers appointed to watch the first visible appearance of the new moon; and then the fact was announced through the whole country by signal-fires kindled on the mountain tops. The new-moon festivals having been common among the heathen, it is probable that an important design of their institution in Israel was to give the minds of that people a better direction; and assuming this to have been one of the objects contemplated, it will account for one of the kids being offered unto the Lord (Amos 8:5), not unto the moon, as the Egyptians and Syrians did. The Sabbath and the new moon are frequently mentioned together.
16-25. in the fourteenth day of the first month is the passover—The law for that great annual festival is given (Leviticus 23:5), but some details are here introduced, as certain specified offerings are prescribed to be made on each of the seven days of unleavened bread [Numbers 28:18-25].
26, 27. in the day of the first-fruits . . . offer the burnt offering—A new sacrifice is here ordered for the celebration of this festival, in addition to the other offering, which was to accompany the first-fruits ().