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What does Numbers 28:15 mean?
"One male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering."
— Numbers 28:15 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
and three tenths of an ephah of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;
and one tenth part of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering to every lamb; for a burnt offering of a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
One male goat for a sin offering to Yahweh; it shall be offered besides the continual burnt offering, and its drink offering.
“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, is Yahweh’s Passover.
On the fifteenth day of this month shall be a feast. Unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days.
In the first day shall be a holy convocation. You shall do no regular work;
Explanation
Numbers 28:15 sits within a larger passage (Numbers 28:11–15) that lists the offerings Israel was to bring at the beginning of each month, on the new moon. In plain language, this verse says that beyond all the other sacrifices required for that day, the people were also to offer one male goat as a sin offering to Yahweh, and this was to be given in addition to the regular daily burnt offering and its accompanying drink offering that never stopped, day after day, throughout the year.
The book of Numbers records instructions given through Moses to the Israelites during their wilderness journey, as they prepared to enter the Promised Land. Numbers 28 specifically lays out a sacrificial calendar: the daily offerings (morning and evening), the weekly Sabbath offerings, the monthly new moon offerings, and the offerings for the annual festivals. This structure reminded Israel that worship was not a one-time event but a rhythm woven into every day, week, and month of life. The new moon offerings mentioned here (verses 11–15) included two young bulls, one ram
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