Numbers Chapter 28 verse 1 Holy Bible

ASV Numbers 28:1

And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,
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BBE Numbers 28:1

And the Lord said to Moses,
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DARBY Numbers 28:1

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,
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KJV Numbers 28:1

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
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WBT Numbers 28:1

And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
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WEB Numbers 28:1

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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YLT Numbers 28:1

And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 1. - The Lord spake unto Moses. It is impossible to say with any assurance whether the law of offerings contained in these two chapters was really given to Moses shortly before his death, or whether it was ever given in this connected and completed form. It is obvious that the formula with which the section opens might be used with equal propriety to introduce a digest of the law on this subject compiled by Moses himself, or by some subsequent editor of his writings from a number of scattered regulations, written or oral, which had Divine authority. It is indeed quite true that this routine of sacrifice was only suitable for times of settled habitation in the promised land, and therefore there is a certain propriety in its introduction here on the eve of the entry into Canaan. But it must be remembered, on the other hand, that the same thing holds true of very much of the legislation given at Mount Sinai, and avowedly of that comprised in chapter 15 (see verse 2), which yet appears from its position to have been given before the rebellion of Korah in the wilderness. It is indeed plain that the ritual, festal, and sacrificial system, both as elaborated in Leviticus and as supplemented in Numbers, presupposed throughout an almost immediate settlement in Canaan. It is also plain that a system so elaborate, and entailing so much care and expense, could hardly have come into regular use during the conquest, or for some time after. It cannot, therefore, be said with any special force that the present section finds its natural place here. All we can affirm is that the system itself was of Divine origin, and dated in substance from the days of Moses. In any case, therefore, it is rightly introduced with the usual formula which attests that it came from God, and came through Moses. It must be noted that a great variety of observances which were zealously followed by the Jews of later ages find no place here. Compare, e.g., the ceremonial pouring of water during the feast of tabernacles, to which allusion is made by the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah 12:3) and our Lord (John 7:37, 38).

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English ReadersXXVIII.(1) And the Lord spake unto Moses . . .--The sacrificial laws had been to a great extent in abeyance during the wanderings of the Israelites in the wilderness. It was needful, therefore, that before the entrance into the land of Canaan those laws should be promulgated afresh.