The Daily Offerings (Exodus 29:38-44)
“’Then the LORD said to Moses, “Command the Israelites and say to them: See that you present to Me at its appointed time the food for My offerings by fire, as a pleasing aroma to Me. And tell them that this is the offering by fire you are to present to the LORD: two unblemished year-old male lambs, as a regular burnt offering each day. You are to offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.
This is a regular burnt offering established at Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. And the drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area. You are to offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
The Sabbath Offerings
On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering. This is the burnt offering for every Sabbath, in addition to the regular burnt offering and its drink offering.
The Monthly Offerings
At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for the ram, and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.
In addition to the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.
The Feast of the Passover (Exodus 12:14-28; Leviticus 23:4-8; Deuteronomy 16:1-8)
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover. On the fifteenth day of this month, there shall be a feast; for seven days unleavened bread is to be eaten. On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished. The grain offering shall consist of fine flour mixed with oil; offer three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs. Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.
You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering. Offer the same food each day for seven days as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It is to be offered with its drink offering and the regular burnt offering.
On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
The Feast of Weeks (Deuteronomy 16:9-12) Shavuot, the late spring feast of pilgrimage to Jerusalem; also known as the Feast of Harvest (see Exodus 23:16) or the Feast of Pentecost (see Acts 2:1)
On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work. Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram, and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.
Include one male goat to make atonement for you. Offer them with their drink offerings in addition to the regular burnt offering and its grain offering. The animals must be unblemished.”
Here God is laying out requirements for the offerings for days, Sabbaths, months, and the first two feasts of the Jewish year. Notice the requirements for burnt offerings, grain offerings and drink offerings. Only perfect animals are to be sacrificed, along with fine flour, pressed olive oil, and wine. Lambs are used for the daily offerings, while bulls and rams are used for the monthly offerings and the offerings for the feasts. At Passover and Pentecost male goats are included to make atonement for the sins of the people.
It’s tempting to be bored by these lists; after all, God has already given these commands in Exodus. But God is repeating and summarizing the commands to make sure the Israelites obey them. God also wants to ensure that the Israelites won’t dump defective animals, moldy flour, and inferior-grade olive oil and wine on the Tabernacle, saving the best for themselves.
All these blood sacrifices are necessary for two reasons: people continue to sin and sin must be paid for with blood. But the blood of an animal can never completely pay for human sin; this remission of sin is only temporary. Permanent relief from sin will come only when Jesus Christ comes as a sinless man dying for the sins of the world.
APPLICATION: Hebrews 9:11-15 tells us, “But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not of this creation. He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.”
We no longer must slaughter animals to cover our sins. We can believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, trusting that He really has come and has given up His life on Calvary as a blood offering for our sins. When we truly believe in Jesus Christ, we have forgiveness of sins and cleansing from all unrighteousness. We don’t have to stagger around under a load of sin and guilt and shame any longer. Belief in Christ gives us new hope and new joy, joy that nobody can steal from us. Let’s pray.
PRAYER: Lord Jesus, thank You for coming to earth to live as a sinless man and to die as a sacrifice for our sins. Lord, we want to believe; help our unbelief! We confess that we are sinners and that nothing we can do will be good enough to earn our way into heaven. Now we thank You, that Your blood sacrifice has covered our sins. Help us to live for You for the rest of our lives. In Your mighty and precious Name, King Jesus. Amen.
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