Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
The requirement for an acceptable offering with a bullock is three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. That measure of flour and oil is the appointed meat offering to be brought with the animal.
It belongs to sanitary or police regulations adapted to that people, that time, and their environments. Among them are regulations pertaining to the wilderness camp alone. Among them also are provisions for special and flagrant cases of presumptuous sin, such as the stoning of the man who in defiance gathered sticks on the Sabbath.
It falls in the portion of Numbers 9 through 24 sometimes omitted from reading. That portion belongs with chapters that speak for themselves, telling of the various ceremonies, service, wanderings, and murmurings of the children of Israel. It shows the very strict order God had among His children, given not because He needed it but because they needed to learn, so that in carrying out system they form a systematic character.
The law where it stands shows that sin committed in ignorance is still sin. That sin can be atoned for. Without atonement the sin committed in ignorance remains. When the sin becomes known the sinner is counted guilty and must bring the appointed offering in order to be forgiven. The chapter where it stands shows Sabbath breaking to be abhorrent to God.
The requirement for an acceptable offering with a bullock is three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil. That measure of flour and oil is the appointed meat offering to be brought with the animal.
It belongs to sanitary or police regulations adapted to that people, that time, and their environments. Among them are regulations pertaining to the wilderness camp alone. Among them also are provisions for special and flagrant cases of presumptuous sin, such as the stoning of the man who in defiance gathered sticks on the Sabbath.
It falls in the portion of Numbers 9 through 24 sometimes omitted from reading. That portion belongs with chapters that speak for themselves, telling of the various ceremonies, service, wanderings, and murmurings of the children of Israel. It shows the very strict order God had among His children, given not because He needed it but because they needed to learn, so that in carrying out system they form a systematic character.
The law where it stands shows that sin committed in ignorance is still sin. That sin can be atoned for. Without atonement the sin committed in ignorance remains. When the sin becomes known the sinner is counted guilty and must bring the appointed offering in order to be forgiven. The chapter where it stands shows Sabbath breaking to be abhorrent to God.