And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;
Numbers 29:20 appoints the burnt offerings for the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles, eleven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs without blemish. It stands among the laws in Numbers 29:12-40 that assign differing offerings to the successive days of that feast, which ran from the fifteenth to the twenty-second day of the seventh month as a seven-day thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth commemorating the wilderness wandering. It was one of the general public additional special offerings for Sabbaths, new moons and feasts, distinct from individual offerings for pardon, and forming part of the regular yearly round with the morning and evening sacrifices and incense. This work belonged to the priests' regular ministry in the first apartment of the sanctuary under the Levitical priesthood, together with the daily burnt offerings, the morning and evening burning of sweet incense, and the individual offerings by which sin was transferred to the sanctuary through the year. Like all the work of the earthly tabernacle, it is the example and shadow and figure of a like work in the heavenly sanctuary under the priesthood of Christ, while the feast itself was typical of the great harvest home when the ingathering of God shall have taken place and the pilgrims wander no more.
Feast Setting and Offerings
Numbers 29:20 prescribes the burnt offerings for the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles: eleven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish. The bullocks are unblemished yearlings, as are the lambs, and the bulls are likewise described as unblemished yearlings. This prescription belongs to the special sacrificial service performed at the annual feasts.
It stands within the laws in Numbers 29:12-40 that appoint different offerings for the successive days of the Feast of Tabernacles, including the daily sacrifices on its successive days. The feast ran from the fifteenth day of the seventh month to the twenty-second day of the same month. The fifteenth day was the sixth annual Sabbath and the twenty-second day was the seventh annual Sabbath closing the feast. Both days were holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden, and various kinds of offerings were brought to the Lord on those days as well as on the intervening days.
The feast beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month was a seven-day thanksgiving feast of rejoicing for all the people for the fruits of the earth. It commemorated the wanderings in the wilderness, and the law was read at it on every seventh year. It was the first national thanksgiving days on record, and it was really the feast of the church, because the nation was the church. Each burnt offering had its drink-offering of strong wine, over a quart for each lamb, poured out upon the burnt offering and not drunk freely by priests or worshipers. The great number of animals required at the feast, with eleven bullocks together with rams and lambs on the third day, explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service.
Sanctuary Service and Typology
The verse belongs to the general public additional special offerings appointed for the weekly Sabbath, the annual Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, distinct from the individual offerings for pardon. It is part of the regular yearly round of sanctuary service, standing alongside the morning and evening sacrifices, the Sabbath offerings, the new-moon offerings, and the incense. For the third day of the feast it prescribes the special sacrificial service of eleven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen unblemished year-old lambs. This work belonged to the priests' regular ministry in the first apartment in the holy place under the Levitical priesthood. It stood together with the regular morning and evening burnt offering and with the morning and evening burning of sweet incense on the golden altar when the lamps were dressed and lighted. It stood also with the offerings brought for individuals through the year by which sin was transferred through blood to the sanctuary itself.
Like all the work connected with the earthly tabernacle, this service is the example and shadow and figure of a like work in heaven in the heavenly sanctuary under the Melchisedec priesthood of Christ. As part of the continual service of the earthly sanctuary ordained by God, it belongs to Numbers 28-29, where the morning and evening sacrifices offered for the whole congregation every day of the year and never omitted because of any other offerings are about sixteen times called the continual burnt offering. It therefore shows that the continual in Daniel 8 comprehends the entire earthly service in all its appointments and services as a figure of the heavenly sanctuary, and applies with equal force to the sanctuary above. The daily sacrifices during the Feast of Tabernacles, including those for its successive days, were typical of Christ, but their presence alongside the annual Sabbaths does not make every day a Sabbath or a shadow.
The offerings listed in Numbers 29 do not establish whether the offerings on the Day of Atonement occurred before or after the high priest's work in the Most Holy Place. Scripture is silent on their order, so their presence cannot prove that preliminary offerings had to precede the sanctuary's cleansing. The feast to which the verse belongs was typical of the great harvest home of God, when the weary pilgrims to Zion will wander no more and the ingathering of God will have taken place.
Numbers 29:20 appoints the burnt offerings for the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles, eleven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen yearling lambs without blemish. It stands among the laws in Numbers 29:12-40 that assign differing offerings to the successive days of that feast, which ran from the fifteenth to the twenty-second day of the seventh month as a seven-day thanksgiving for the fruits of the earth commemorating the wilderness wandering. It was one of the general public additional special offerings for Sabbaths, new moons and feasts, distinct from individual offerings for pardon, and forming part of the regular yearly round with the morning and evening sacrifices and incense. This work belonged to the priests' regular ministry in the first apartment of the sanctuary under the Levitical priesthood, together with the daily burnt offerings, the morning and evening burning of sweet incense, and the individual offerings by which sin was transferred to the sanctuary through the year. Like all the work of the earthly tabernacle, it is the example and shadow and figure of a like work in the heavenly sanctuary under the priesthood of Christ, while the feast itself was typical of the great harvest home when the ingathering of God shall have taken place and the pilgrims wander no more.
Feast Setting and Offerings
Numbers 29:20 prescribes the burnt offerings for the third day of the Feast of Tabernacles: eleven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish. The bullocks are unblemished yearlings, as are the lambs, and the bulls are likewise described as unblemished yearlings. This prescription belongs to the special sacrificial service performed at the annual feasts.
It stands within the laws in Numbers 29:12-40 that appoint different offerings for the successive days of the Feast of Tabernacles, including the daily sacrifices on its successive days. The feast ran from the fifteenth day of the seventh month to the twenty-second day of the same month. The fifteenth day was the sixth annual Sabbath and the twenty-second day was the seventh annual Sabbath closing the feast. Both days were holy convocations on which servile work was forbidden, and various kinds of offerings were brought to the Lord on those days as well as on the intervening days.
The feast beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month was a seven-day thanksgiving feast of rejoicing for all the people for the fruits of the earth. It commemorated the wanderings in the wilderness, and the law was read at it on every seventh year. It was the first national thanksgiving days on record, and it was really the feast of the church, because the nation was the church. Each burnt offering had its drink-offering of strong wine, over a quart for each lamb, poured out upon the burnt offering and not drunk freely by priests or worshipers. The great number of animals required at the feast, with eleven bullocks together with rams and lambs on the third day, explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service.
Sanctuary Service and Typology
The verse belongs to the general public additional special offerings appointed for the weekly Sabbath, the annual Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, distinct from the individual offerings for pardon. It is part of the regular yearly round of sanctuary service, standing alongside the morning and evening sacrifices, the Sabbath offerings, the new-moon offerings, and the incense. For the third day of the feast it prescribes the special sacrificial service of eleven bullocks, two rams, and fourteen unblemished year-old lambs. This work belonged to the priests' regular ministry in the first apartment in the holy place under the Levitical priesthood. It stood together with the regular morning and evening burnt offering and with the morning and evening burning of sweet incense on the golden altar when the lamps were dressed and lighted. It stood also with the offerings brought for individuals through the year by which sin was transferred through blood to the sanctuary itself.
Like all the work connected with the earthly tabernacle, this service is the example and shadow and figure of a like work in heaven in the heavenly sanctuary under the Melchisedec priesthood of Christ. As part of the continual service of the earthly sanctuary ordained by God, it belongs to Numbers 28-29, where the morning and evening sacrifices offered for the whole congregation every day of the year and never omitted because of any other offerings are about sixteen times called the continual burnt offering. It therefore shows that the continual in Daniel 8 comprehends the entire earthly service in all its appointments and services as a figure of the heavenly sanctuary, and applies with equal force to the sanctuary above. The daily sacrifices during the Feast of Tabernacles, including those for its successive days, were typical of Christ, but their presence alongside the annual Sabbaths does not make every day a Sabbath or a shadow.
The offerings listed in Numbers 29 do not establish whether the offerings on the Day of Atonement occurred before or after the high priest's work in the Most Holy Place. Scripture is silent on their order, so their presence cannot prove that preliminary offerings had to precede the sanctuary's cleansing. The feast to which the verse belongs was typical of the great harvest home of God, when the weary pilgrims to Zion will wander no more and the ingathering of God will have taken place.