281 Then the Lord spoke to Moses , saying , 2 "Command the sons of Israel and say to them, 'You shall be careful to present My offering , My food for My offerings by fire , of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time .' 3 " You shall say to them, 'This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the Lord : two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day . 4 'You shall offer the one lamb in the morning and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight ; 5 also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour for a grain offering , mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil . 6 'It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained in Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma , an offering by fire to the Lord . 7 'Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb , in the holy place you shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord . 8 'The other lamb you shall offer at twilight ; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering , you shall offer it, an offering by fire , a soothing aroma to the Lord .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Numbers 28:1-8
Commentary on Numbers 28:1-8
(Read Numbers 28:1-8)
God saw fit now to repeat the law of sacrifices. This was a new generation of men; and they were concerned to keep their peace with God when at war with their enemies. The daily sacrifice is called a continual burnt-offering; when we are bid to pray always, at least every morning and evening we should offer up solemn prayers and praises to God. Nothing is added here but that the wine poured out in the drink-offering is to be strong wine, to teach us to serve God with the best we have. It was a figure of the blood of Christ, the memorial of which is still left to the church in wine; and of the blood of the martyrs, which was poured out as a drink-offering on the sacrifice and service of our faith, Philippians 2:17.