Numbers 28:3

THE DAILY OFFERINGS

"And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto Jehovah: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. It is a continual burnt-offering, which was ordained in Mount Sinai for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah. 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. And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah."

The rugged simplicity of all these sacrifices should be particularly noted. As Whitelaw said, "A great variety of observances which were zealously followed by the Jews of later ages find no place here."[5] This offering of the lamb morning and evening was called the "daily sacrifice" and was continued right up until the destruction of Jerusalem. "This offering was basic to all the others,"[6] and was not to be omitted, no matter what other sacrifices were to be made on any given day or days. All such sacrifices were offered additionally. (See under Exodus 29:38f.)