John Gill Commentary Numbers 15:3

"and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;" — Numbers 15:3 (ASV)

And will make an offering by fire unto the Lord, a burnt
offering
The first of these respects such offerings by fire, which were not wholly burnt, but part of them were eaten by the priests, (Deuteronomy 18:1) ; and the latter such as were wholly burnt, unless the latter can be thought to be only an explanation of the former:

or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering ;
these were peace offerings, some of which were for thanksgiving, and others were either a vow or a freewill offering, as here: see (Leviticus 7:11Leviticus 7:12Leviticus 7:16) ;

or in your solemn feasts ;
as the passover, pentecost of which, and the offerings in them, see (Leviticus 23:4–37) (Numbers 28:1–29:40) ;

to make a sweet savour unto the Lord ;
for acceptance with him:

of the herd or of the flock ;
a bullock of the one, a lamb or kid of the goats of the other; fowls are not mentioned, because burnt offerings of them required no drink offerings ^F6 .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F6: Maimon. Maaseh Hakorbanot, c. 2. sect. 2.