Charles Ellicott Commentary Numbers 28:7

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Numbers 28:7

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Numbers 28:7

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah." — Numbers 28:7 (ASV)

Shall you cause the strong wine to be poured... — Better, pour out the drink offering of strong drink.

The word shecar, which is here rendered “strong wine,” denotes any kind of intoxicating drink, whether made from grapes, honey, or grain; but it is more frequently used to denote a drink that is not made from grapes, as, e.g., in Leviticus 10:9, where the command is given to Aaron and his sons not to drink wine nor strong drink (shecar) when they went into the tent of meeting. In the parallel passage in Exodus, the drink offering was to consist of the fourth part of an hin of wine (Numbers 29:40). (Compare to Numbers 15:5.) In Exodus 30:9, it is forbidden to pour any drink offering upon the altar of incense, from which passage it has been inferred that the drink offerings were poured upon the altar of burnt sacrifice.