And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.
The verse appoints a single goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular morning and evening burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering. It stands among the instructions for the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, with its differing offerings on successive days, though those who held another reading placed it with the offerings for the tenth day of the seventh month. Those added feast offerings belonged to the daily ministration carried on through the year by the priests in the holy place, distinct from the yearly work in the most holy place for the cleansing of the sanctuary. The continual burnt offering was never omitted for any other offering, and with the continual showbread, lamps, incense, and intercession it foreshadowed the continual ministry of the heavenly sanctuary. Like the other feast-day sacrifices, it was a type of Christ, and its obligation ended when the ceremonial law was nailed to the cross.
Feast Setting and Offerings
The verse prescribes one goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. It belongs to the instructions for the Feast of Tabernacles, the seven-day national thanksgiving feast and third annual feast beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month Tisri and ending on the twenty-second day, commemorative of pilgrim life in the wilderness. Different offerings were required on its successive days including its seventh day, and the verse lists the offerings required for that seventh day. It is part of the ceremonial requirements for an annual feast day distinct from the weekly Sabbath.
In another reading, the verse belongs to the list of offerings appointed for the tenth day of the seventh month. The sacrifices required on each successive day of the Feast of Tabernacles, including its annual Sabbath days, like sacrifices offered on Sabbaths, were types of Christ. Their presence did not make every day a Sabbath or a shadow.
Each burnt offering had its drink offering, which explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service. The drink offering with it was over a quart of strong fermented wine for each lamb, always poured out upon the burnt offering and not drunk freely.
Sanctuary Ministry and Application
The goat for a sin offering with the continual burnt offering and its grain and drink offering belongs among the additional offerings appointed for the annual feasts. These appointments provided additional sanctuary service and additional work for annual Sabbaths, new moons, feasts, and the Sabbaths of the Lord, alongside the regular daily offerings and the offerings brought by individuals. They formed part of the sanctuary's regular ministration and of the earthly sanctuary's daily ministration that continued through the year. That additional work belonged to the daily ministration in the holy place, the first holy place, accomplished by the Levitical order of priesthood. It was the priests' regular ministration in the first holy place with the daily offerings and the special offerings for annual Sabbaths and feasts, distinct from the yearly work in the most holy place for the people's sins and the cleansing of the sanctuary.
The continual burnt offering named beside the goat was the morning and evening sacrifice offered for the entire congregation every day of the year, never omitted because of any other offerings. It is called about sixteen times in Numbers 28 and 29 the continual burnt offering, with its meat offering and drink offering. It belonged to a continual sanctuary service that also included the continual showbread, the lamps burning continually, the perpetual incense, and the high priest bearing the judgment of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually. This entire continual service of the earthly sanctuary was a type or figure of the heavenly sanctuary, so the continual applies with equal force to the ministry above.
The verse belongs to the list of offerings appointed for the tenth day of the seventh month, specifying a goat as a sin offering in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain and drink offerings. It does not say whether these accompanying offerings came before or after the high priest's work in the most holy place, so it cannot establish that they were preliminary offerings performed before that work. The timing of the day's main atonement work is distinct from these accompanying offerings, and the antitype of the type must begin on the day of the type though it may continue beyond that day. The obligation to observe what is required here ceased at the crucifixion of Christ when the law of ceremonies was nailed to the cross. Standing in Numbers 28 to 30, the passage teaches faithfulness in keeping vows and calls for self-examination over whether vows are being faithfully kept.
The verse appoints a single goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular morning and evening burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering. It stands among the instructions for the seven-day Feast of Tabernacles beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month, with its differing offerings on successive days, though those who held another reading placed it with the offerings for the tenth day of the seventh month. Those added feast offerings belonged to the daily ministration carried on through the year by the priests in the holy place, distinct from the yearly work in the most holy place for the cleansing of the sanctuary. The continual burnt offering was never omitted for any other offering, and with the continual showbread, lamps, incense, and intercession it foreshadowed the continual ministry of the heavenly sanctuary. Like the other feast-day sacrifices, it was a type of Christ, and its obligation ended when the ceremonial law was nailed to the cross.
Feast Setting and Offerings
The verse prescribes one goat for a sin offering, beside the continual burnt offering with its grain offering and its drink offering. It belongs to the instructions for the Feast of Tabernacles, the seven-day national thanksgiving feast and third annual feast beginning on the fifteenth day of the seventh month Tisri and ending on the twenty-second day, commemorative of pilgrim life in the wilderness. Different offerings were required on its successive days including its seventh day, and the verse lists the offerings required for that seventh day. It is part of the ceremonial requirements for an annual feast day distinct from the weekly Sabbath.
In another reading, the verse belongs to the list of offerings appointed for the tenth day of the seventh month. The sacrifices required on each successive day of the Feast of Tabernacles, including its annual Sabbath days, like sacrifices offered on Sabbaths, were types of Christ. Their presence did not make every day a Sabbath or a shadow.
Each burnt offering had its drink offering, which explains why wine is mentioned so often in connection with the sanctuary service. The drink offering with it was over a quart of strong fermented wine for each lamb, always poured out upon the burnt offering and not drunk freely.
Sanctuary Ministry and Application
The goat for a sin offering with the continual burnt offering and its grain and drink offering belongs among the additional offerings appointed for the annual feasts. These appointments provided additional sanctuary service and additional work for annual Sabbaths, new moons, feasts, and the Sabbaths of the Lord, alongside the regular daily offerings and the offerings brought by individuals. They formed part of the sanctuary's regular ministration and of the earthly sanctuary's daily ministration that continued through the year. That additional work belonged to the daily ministration in the holy place, the first holy place, accomplished by the Levitical order of priesthood. It was the priests' regular ministration in the first holy place with the daily offerings and the special offerings for annual Sabbaths and feasts, distinct from the yearly work in the most holy place for the people's sins and the cleansing of the sanctuary.
The continual burnt offering named beside the goat was the morning and evening sacrifice offered for the entire congregation every day of the year, never omitted because of any other offerings. It is called about sixteen times in Numbers 28 and 29 the continual burnt offering, with its meat offering and drink offering. It belonged to a continual sanctuary service that also included the continual showbread, the lamps burning continually, the perpetual incense, and the high priest bearing the judgment of Israel upon his heart before the Lord continually. This entire continual service of the earthly sanctuary was a type or figure of the heavenly sanctuary, so the continual applies with equal force to the ministry above.
The verse belongs to the list of offerings appointed for the tenth day of the seventh month, specifying a goat as a sin offering in addition to the continual burnt offering and its grain and drink offerings. It does not say whether these accompanying offerings came before or after the high priest's work in the most holy place, so it cannot establish that they were preliminary offerings performed before that work. The timing of the day's main atonement work is distinct from these accompanying offerings, and the antitype of the type must begin on the day of the type though it may continue beyond that day. The obligation to observe what is required here ceased at the crucifixion of Christ when the law of ceremonies was nailed to the cross. Standing in Numbers 28 to 30, the passage teaches faithfulness in keeping vows and calls for self-examination over whether vows are being faithfully kept.