And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.
Numbers 29:31 appoints for a day of the Feast of Tabernacles one goat for a sin offering in addition to the regular daily burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering, as part of the extra offerings required each day of the feast besides the continual service. The feast was the third annual feast of Israel, a seven-day national thanksgiving after harvest from the fifteenth to the twenty-second day of the seventh month in memory of dwelling in booths in the wilderness, whose required observance ended at the crucifixion of Christ. Its drink offering was fermented wine, over a quart with each lamb, always poured out upon the burnt offering and never drunk by priests or worshipers. These added feast offerings belonged to the continual general sacrificial system and the priests' regular ministry in the first apartment, which transferred the sins of the people to the sanctuary itself and made necessary its yearly cleansing by the service in the most holy place. The continual burnt offering named here was offered for the whole congregation every morning and evening without omission for any other offering, and as the entire earthly service was a figure of the heavenly sanctuary the continual ministry applies with equal force above, where the feast sacrifices were types of Christ though their presence did not make the day itself a type.
Feast Setting and Offerings
Numbers 29:31 belongs to the laws for the different days of the Feast of Tabernacles, the third annual feast of the Jews. It was a seven-day national thanksgiving feast held after the harvest, kept from the fifteenth day of the seventh month Tisri through the eighth day, the twenty-second day of Tisri. It was held in memory of pilgrim life in the wilderness, when Israel left houses to dwell in booths made of branches, and its required observance ended at the crucifixion of Christ.
The feast covered the sixth annual Sabbath on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the seventh annual Sabbath on the twenty-second day of the same month, and the intervening days. On those days Israel was to hold holy convocations and do no servile work.
For those days the verse prescribes one goat for a sin offering beside the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering. These were appointed additional offerings in the daily sequence required during the feast, added to the regular daily service and forming part of the yearly schedule alongside offerings for Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts. The special sacrificial service thus accompanied the regular daily service in the earthly sanctuary.
Each burnt offering listed in Numbers 29 had its drink offering with it, and the drink offering was strong fermented wine, over a quart with each lamb. It was always poured out upon the burnt offering and not drunk freely by priests or worshipers. The large number of such poured-out offerings explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service.
Sanctuary Service and Meaning
The regulation belongs to the appointed services added to the regular daily ministration of the sanctuary, part of the yearly schedule alongside the regular daily service and the other offerings for Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts. It is one of the appointed offerings for Israel's annual feasts, forming part of the regular ministration at the earthly sanctuary alongside the daily offerings and the offerings brought by individuals. It places one goat for a sin offering among the offerings for the annual feast, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings, as part of the special sacrificial service that accompanied the regular daily service.
They were special offerings appointed for the weekly Sabbath, the Sabbaths of the Lord and annual sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, belonging to the continual, general sacrificial system and distinct from the individual offerings for pardon. They belong to the priests' regular ministry in the holy place or first apartment of the earthly sanctuary, alongside the regular morning and evening burnt offering and the morning and evening burning of sweet incense on the golden altar. They are distinct from the yearly work in the most holy place for the people's sins and the cleansing of the sanctuary. This continual year-round ministration transferred the sins of the people to the sanctuary itself, creating the necessity for its cleansing by the yearly service in the most holy place, from which the feast offerings are distinct.
The verse is one of about sixteen places in Numbers 28 and 29 where the morning and evening sacrifices offered for the whole congregation every day of the year are called the continual burnt offering and were never omitted because of any other offering. The continual means the entire service of the earthly sanctuary as ordained by God, and because that earthly service in all its appointments is a figure of the heavenly sanctuary, the term applies with equal force to the ministry above. The sacrifices made on feast days, like the other sacrifices on those days, were types of Christ, but their presence on a day did not make that day itself a type or shadow. The verse lists a goat for a sin offering alongside the continual burnt offering and its grain and drink offerings among the offerings for the tenth day of the seventh month, but it does not say whether these offerings occurred before or after the high priest's work in the most holy place, so their order cannot establish that they were preliminary to that work. Their timing does not prevent the day's central atonement work from beginning on the day represented by the type.
Numbers 29:31 appoints for a day of the Feast of Tabernacles one goat for a sin offering in addition to the regular daily burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering, as part of the extra offerings required each day of the feast besides the continual service. The feast was the third annual feast of Israel, a seven-day national thanksgiving after harvest from the fifteenth to the twenty-second day of the seventh month in memory of dwelling in booths in the wilderness, whose required observance ended at the crucifixion of Christ. Its drink offering was fermented wine, over a quart with each lamb, always poured out upon the burnt offering and never drunk by priests or worshipers. These added feast offerings belonged to the continual general sacrificial system and the priests' regular ministry in the first apartment, which transferred the sins of the people to the sanctuary itself and made necessary its yearly cleansing by the service in the most holy place. The continual burnt offering named here was offered for the whole congregation every morning and evening without omission for any other offering, and as the entire earthly service was a figure of the heavenly sanctuary the continual ministry applies with equal force above, where the feast sacrifices were types of Christ though their presence did not make the day itself a type.
Feast Setting and Offerings
Numbers 29:31 belongs to the laws for the different days of the Feast of Tabernacles, the third annual feast of the Jews. It was a seven-day national thanksgiving feast held after the harvest, kept from the fifteenth day of the seventh month Tisri through the eighth day, the twenty-second day of Tisri. It was held in memory of pilgrim life in the wilderness, when Israel left houses to dwell in booths made of branches, and its required observance ended at the crucifixion of Christ.
The feast covered the sixth annual Sabbath on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, the seventh annual Sabbath on the twenty-second day of the same month, and the intervening days. On those days Israel was to hold holy convocations and do no servile work.
For those days the verse prescribes one goat for a sin offering beside the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering. These were appointed additional offerings in the daily sequence required during the feast, added to the regular daily service and forming part of the yearly schedule alongside offerings for Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts. The special sacrificial service thus accompanied the regular daily service in the earthly sanctuary.
Each burnt offering listed in Numbers 29 had its drink offering with it, and the drink offering was strong fermented wine, over a quart with each lamb. It was always poured out upon the burnt offering and not drunk freely by priests or worshipers. The large number of such poured-out offerings explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service.
Sanctuary Service and Meaning
The regulation belongs to the appointed services added to the regular daily ministration of the sanctuary, part of the yearly schedule alongside the regular daily service and the other offerings for Sabbaths, new moons, and feasts. It is one of the appointed offerings for Israel's annual feasts, forming part of the regular ministration at the earthly sanctuary alongside the daily offerings and the offerings brought by individuals. It places one goat for a sin offering among the offerings for the annual feast, in addition to the continual burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings, as part of the special sacrificial service that accompanied the regular daily service.
They were special offerings appointed for the weekly Sabbath, the Sabbaths of the Lord and annual sabbaths, new moons, and feasts, belonging to the continual, general sacrificial system and distinct from the individual offerings for pardon. They belong to the priests' regular ministry in the holy place or first apartment of the earthly sanctuary, alongside the regular morning and evening burnt offering and the morning and evening burning of sweet incense on the golden altar. They are distinct from the yearly work in the most holy place for the people's sins and the cleansing of the sanctuary. This continual year-round ministration transferred the sins of the people to the sanctuary itself, creating the necessity for its cleansing by the yearly service in the most holy place, from which the feast offerings are distinct.
The verse is one of about sixteen places in Numbers 28 and 29 where the morning and evening sacrifices offered for the whole congregation every day of the year are called the continual burnt offering and were never omitted because of any other offering. The continual means the entire service of the earthly sanctuary as ordained by God, and because that earthly service in all its appointments is a figure of the heavenly sanctuary, the term applies with equal force to the ministry above. The sacrifices made on feast days, like the other sacrifices on those days, were types of Christ, but their presence on a day did not make that day itself a type or shadow. The verse lists a goat for a sin offering alongside the continual burnt offering and its grain and drink offerings among the offerings for the tenth day of the seventh month, but it does not say whether these offerings occurred before or after the high priest's work in the most holy place, so their order cannot establish that they were preliminary to that work. Their timing does not prevent the day's central atonement work from beginning on the day represented by the type.