Verse of the Day
Author Spotlight
Loading featured author...
Report Issue
See a formatting issue or error?
Let us know →
Their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
Verse Takeaways
1
The Moon and the Church
Matthew Henry draws a powerful symbol from the monthly new moon offerings. He explains that just as the moon borrows its light from the sun and is renewed by it, the church borrows her light from Jesus Christ, the 'Sun of righteousness.' This regular offering symbolized the church's constant renewal in Christ.
See 3 Verse Takeaways
Book Overview
Numbers
Author
Audience
Composition
Teaching Highlights
Outline
+ 5 more
See Overview
3
18th Century
Presbyterian
The New-moon offering is also commanded here for the first time. The goat as a sin-offering, though mentioned last, would seem in fact to have been…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Numbers 28:12)
Every Sabbath day, besides the two lambs offered for the daily burnt offering, two more must be offered. This teaches us to double our devotions on…
