Wandering in the Wilderness: Reflections from the book of Numbers
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A. Introduction
1. Greetings
Shalom to each of you here on the Zoom call and those who will watch this class lecture on YouTube later. Our usual program during these talks is to conduct an overview of the Bible section in the first 25 minutes and then let everyone on the call into a conversation about all the themes or ideas that I will bring up for the last 30 minutes or so. Further discussion happens even deeper in our D-Groups that happen over the next week or maybe some will conduct a D-Group on Shabbat.
I’m going to recommend that you who are watching this on YouTube should read the next three Bible chapters before you listen/ watch the rest of this. This is chapters 27-29. Then press play on your machine and re-join us. Thanks. Welcome back.
2. Overview
[For those online, see this book overview from The Bible Project (https://youtu.be/tp5MIrMZFqo)]
Some of you are new to our Zoom call and I especially welcome you, whether here in Australia or from overseas. You are muted at the beginning, but in a short while, our host will allow the usually lively conversations and questions. We are looking at the traveling of the Jewish people in the book of Numbers, titled in Hebrew “Bamidbar” or “In the wilderness.” With Covid-19 with variants and now vaccines having their way throughout the world, with US political turmoil, with the continuing uncertainty that almost defined the last twelve months, the world is still in a wilderness and God’s answers for us are found in the pages of this book.
There are three theses that pop up often in this book of the Bible:
1) The goal of our wandering was another place: Israel
2) God is to be central to our marching and in our living
3) The authority of the Lord and his anointed is often front and centre.
B. Today’s study: Women’s rights, The Succession Plan and Tabernacle countdown
1. Women’s rights
A Bondi neighbour came by last week and reminded me of an interview he had conducted with me some time back. A voxpop he was making on the topic of happiness, he interviewed several in the neighbourhood including some from Church in the Marketplace. The neighbour came by last week on Free Bible Friday and we had a good conversation, and he took a few photos. Later that day he put up a photo on his Facebook page and invited others along to receive their free Bible. He said, “I’m not a Christian, but if you want a free Bible, here it is…” Lots of remarks and comments as you can imagine, and I’m grateful to say that some were positive. Of note is how so many, not only on this thread, but in so many conversations knock us back because of a women’s role issue. Last week I heard about a biblical church down the coast that split, literally over the issue of women and what roles they could play in the gatherings of the community. What I’m saying is that the issues raised in this ancient and some say archaic book, are not old, not out-of-touch, not out-of-date. The expiry date is never for issues raised in this book and I’m for one, very glad in its longevity.
That said, the role of women is front-and-centre for Moses as we open chapter 27 (and again it’s echoed in chapter 36 in the reprise). The five daughters of Zelophehad are not happy about something and get the old man’s ear. They are from the tribe of Manasseh and will be among the first landed folks to settle. Remember we are nearing the end of the 40-year journey and the women and children of 2 and a half tribes will be settling east of the Jordan. Among them, these five ladies.
They bring up the issue of land ownership and tribal inheritance. Their issue is that they have no brothers and according to the rules of the time, they would have no inheritance. “Not fair” they cry and Moses goes to ask God. God concurs with the women’s request and establishes the daughters and all daughters in the formula for succession. That’s remarkable.
Going forward if a man dies, his sons get the property. If there are no sons, his daughters receive the inheritance. That’s radical and new. And shows God’s concern for the women. If there are no daughters, then the man’s brother. If no brother, then his uncle. If no uncle, then the nearest relative. What an insertion into the legal development here. And a fantastic result for the 5 women.
Good for them in raising the issue.
Good for Moses in hearing them.
Good for God in setting the chukat mishpat, the legislation as a permanent statute.
2. Moses’ successor
The theme of succession continues as the next section is about the end of Moses’ tenure and who’s next. God tells Moses (verse 12) to ascend the Abarim mountain range and to see the Land. Not to spy it out, nor to survey it for determining if it’s worthy or available. In fact, it’s an end-of-life moment of regret and wishing. God tells his friend that he can rest assured. “I have given it to the sons of Israel.” (v. 12) That’s a confident assurance that every leader wants to hear. It’s answering the question which comes out in various forms, “Am I wasting my time with these people?” or “What is my legacy?” or such. God tells Moses that his last 40 years are not wasted. They will survive. The Jewish people will make it into the Promised Land.
Dear friends, this is crucial to understanding God and the story of the Jewish people throughout the Bible. This is not only an episode in our history; it’s our story together. God made promises to Abram and to his offspring. The Jewish people were enslaved for hundreds of years and yet, God would fulfill his promises. We were delivered on Passover nearly 40 years before today’s reading, and wandered in this wilderness for those decades, but God’s Word, his faithful promise to Israel, will be fulfilled. I don’t know how you feel when you hear that, but to me, as an Israelite, a member of the people with whom God made those covenantal promises, it’s a comfort deep in my insides. After the wandering, when we would lose our founding hero, as he would go away and die, would we survive? When we are surrounded by the Hittites and Hivites, the Jebusites and the other Canaanites, would we be a substantial people?
Last week the international day of remembering the Holocaust took place, always the day after Australia Day. And the cry of ‘never again’ sounds in the hallways of justice and injustice worldwide. Jews and non-Jews alike raise their voices to remind the world of the wrongs done against the Jews in World War II. Even so, it’s not our voices, nor our demands that prevent such evil from totally eradicating the Jewish people. Were God not there to guard his own purposes, we would have long ago been destroyed in the days of Haman or Herod. Our people are here because God is here and his word to our people is here. All the promises of God in Yeshua are yes and amen!
Succession requires two things: the successor in place and the departure of the previous leader. In verse 13, God shows Moses the land and says that he will be departing soon to join his brother Aaron and the rest of those who have died. This is not a geographical gathering, but rather a reminder that death is coming. We know from Jewish tradition that Moses dies on his 120th birthday.
Moses prays for his successor (v.15-17). That’s a big task. It’s humility. It’s reality. It’s something every leader has to do long before his time is waning. But then, this time, God answers him. Verse 18 says “Take Joshua ben Nun…” The announcement is made privately and personally. God tells Moses to share his authority with the new leader.
But the announcement has one more section, in verse 14 God reminds Moses that he’s not going into the Promised Land because of his own sin. Striking the rock at Meribah rather than being patient.
I don’t know what you get out of this, but the writers of the Newer Testament saw in the incomplete tour of Moses, in his being prevented from reaching the goal, that he was a man who didn’t believe something. The writer of Hebrews says this in chapter 3
“Moses was faithful in all His house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken later; 6 but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house — whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope firm until the end.” (3.5-6)
Even though Moses is held up as a righteous man who chose well throughout his life, the contrast between him and Yeshua is clear. How do I know that? The chapter continues with the quote from Psalm 95, and a powerful reminder of the episode at Meribah. The passage concludes in Hebrews 3.11 “as I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter my rest.” And who evidences that incompletion more, that not entering more? Moses is the one.
This then is not a derision of Moses, not a declaration of his failure, but a representation of all of us, that each of us will fail if we don’t do what Hebrews 3 says. “Take care, brethren, that there not be in any one of you an evil, unbelieving heart that falls away from the living God.” (verse 12)
In that way, Moses’ not reaching the Promised Land is representative of each one of us, Jew or Gentile, male or female, none of us is going to enter heaven without faith. Each of us, some like Moses, some like the Korah rebels, some like the snake bit folks, each of us will fall in our own wilderness UNLESS WE BELIEVE. Faith then is the victory. Amen?
Back to Numbers 27. The successor is named. Joshua. We’ve seen him throughout this exodus and wandering. He was one of the 2 spies who brought back a good report. (Num. 14) He had led the armies against Amalek (Exodus 17). Joshua had ascended Mt Sinai with others when the Torah was given (Ex. 32). So his place in Jewish history was being written long ago, but now, it’s clarified and settled. And publicly announced. He’s probably between 60 and 80 years old and is anointed to accomplish the task of leading the Jewish people, but unlike Moses, he is set to partner with Elazar, Moses’ nephew, who is high priest.
The event is public. Moses places his hands on the new leader. The Hebrew is ‘samachta” from which we derive the modern term ‘s’micha’ or ordination. Joshua is ordained to lead our people. And he too is mentioned in the book of Hebrews as being incomplete. That is, his leadership leaves something out, and that’s only fulfilled in Yeshua. But that’s for another lesson.
Reminder about offerings and festivals (chapters 28-29)
We have legislation to include the women in the succession of a dying father, and now we have God’s answer in regards to the succession plan of Moses in Joshua. Next God speaks to the leader, Moses and reinforms him about the rules of offerings and highlights the special days of Israel. It’s a lengthy section which lists the requirements of daily, weekly, monthly and annual celebrations. They are costly and indicative and helpful in understanding the details of the sacrificial system. We won’t be going through all these today, for various reasons. I will mention some information that I think might help you with some of these.
Daily offerings (28.1-10) are the centre piece of the religion. Keith Green sang a song he wrote in the late 70s as if God were pleading with a lukewarm people, “if you can’t come to me every day, then don’t bother coming at all.” I’m not sure that’s accurate but Green’s sentiments help me to explain this daily offering. Paul the apostle said, “I die daily” (1 Cor. 15.31) Yeshua taught us to pray “Give us this day our daily bread.” Day after day, we trudge the roads of our lives and share with family and friends, with neighbours, and colleagues and thousands of co-commuters the realities of our existence. If our religion works, it has to work daily. Sunday? Shabbat? Tuesday for one hour? That’s ok I suppose and I’m going to show you a method that I think works to help you, but if your religion is once-a-week, it’s incomplete.
The Hebrew word in verse 28.3 is tamid, and means continual. The ner tamid lights the Tabernacle and every synagogue worldwide to this day. Daily matters. There were attending lambs and bulls, ephahs of flour (an ephah is about 70 pints) and hins of oil. A hin is about 12 pints. These were lavish, daily, expensive offerings. And like the late night commercial, BUT WAIT—THERE’S MORE!
The weekly offering was to be offered, with two male lambs and other items.
A new offering was established, the new moon offering (.11ff) with two bulls and a ram, seven male lambs and other goods.
The annual offerings were for the festivals already known in Leviticus 23: Passover, Unleavened bread, Shavuot, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot. Each has attending offerings and expense.
Chapter 29 is all about the countdown of Sukkot, that is, the daily offerings during the Feast of Tabernacles, and the amount of offerings is massive. And there is one thing I want to point out. On day one (29.13) you offer 13 bulls and lots of other goods. On day two (29.17), you offer 12 bulls and lots of other goods. Each day one less bull and the same other items. What is the total? 70 bulls on offer in this week of Sukkot. What could that mean?
At the time of Moses, the count of the nations of the world was 70. My belief is that the Jewish people were offering sacrifices for the nations of the world. On Tabernacles, the only biblical holiday which actually includes the Gentiles (Zech 14), there is a hint that God was providing atonement for all the nations and not only Israel. When Solomon dedicated gthe Temple (2 Chr. 5-7) on Tabernacles, he prayed, “May the Lord our God be with us as he was with our fathers; may he never leave us nor forsake us, may the Lord our God be near, so that all the people of the earth may know that he is the Lord” It’s not only about Israel; we are to bring others into the family of faith and the family of God. Tabernacles is the key driver of that within Israel.
One more thing, back in the daily offerings in chapter 28, verse 4. We are told to bring one in the morning and another at twilight. Two a day. Morning and evening. This is similar to the burning of the oil in the Tabernacle and the trimming of the lamp of incense (Exodus 27, 30). I don’t know about you, but when I hear the apostle Paul tell me that we should pray without ceasing (1 Thes. 5) I get discouraged. Who can do that? Who prays all the time? I know, there are lots of interpretations, but maybe what I share with you will help.
When God told the Jewish people to trim the lamps in the morning and again in the evening, he was setting us up to have continual (tamid) incense. When we had the oil replaced morning and evening it was to cause the light to remain continually. The prayers of the saints is the incense (Revelation 5.8). When the offerings here are to be morning and evening, it’s so that we are ‘drawn close’ to God all day.
Prayer then is a continual remembrance of the presence of God which has moments to define our time. In other words, spend some time with God in the morning, and again in the evening. As a result, you will have him with you all the day and night.
Ecclesiastes says, “Sow your seed in the morning and do not be idle in the evening, for you do not know whether morning or evening sowing will succeed, or whether both of them alike will be good.” (11.6)
Do those things twice a day and you will be ‘drawn near’ all the day and night.
Faith even allows us to see Yeshua, our messiah and Lord, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and apostle of faith.
Invitation
Dear friends, if you have never asked Yeshua to be your Saviour, today as we continue our class in 2021, would you choose to believe the Lord of life? He is the source of healing for the plague of sin which has captured the world since Adam sinned in the Garden. He’s the One who can overcome the plagues of evil which highlight the planet in Washington, DC, in the conflicts between governments, in conflicts between the peoples of the world… Look up to Him and be saved!
If you’d like to do that today, just now, join me as we pray.
Say something like this: “Father in Yeshua’s name, forgive me my sin, I was wrong to dismiss you and to disbelieve in you. I need your mercy. I deserve punishment but you are kind and merciful and I receive your grace. I receive Yeshua as my saviour and Lord. I look up to him who was lifted on the pole of the cross. I will live because of my faith in Messiah Yeshua. Amen.
If you prayed that, please let us know of your profession by writing straightaway, won’t you? Bob@JewsforJesus.org.au We’d love to hear from you.
Conclusion
We are delighted you have joined us today. Please stay with us during these next few weeks and learn with the others how you can stay on track in 2021 and beyond. And in the D-Groups, you will work this out with others, as a community on the march. If you have not yet joined a weekly Discipleship Group, please re-consider that and join us as we dig deeper.
I hope to see you next week as we study chapters 30-35, and learn about the final chapters of this book. Hope to see you then, and until then, continue to stay safe, love one another, believe even if the report is the minority report, and shout Hallelujah to the Lord of life for all he has done for us all. Shabbat shalom!
The three theses:
4) The goal of our wandering was another place: Israel
5) God is to be central to our marching and in our living
6) Authority of the Lord and his anointed is not to be missed
Bibliography
Budd, Philip, Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 5. Numbers. Word, Waco, 1984.
Hertz, Rabbi Dr JH, The Pentateuch and Haftorahs, Soncino, London, 1978.
Pakula, Martin, Numbers: Homeward Bound, Aquilla Press, Sydney, 2006.
Weirsbe, Warren. Be Counted. David C. Cook Publishing, Colorado Springs,1999.
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The Scriptures read in today’s lesson: Numbers chapters 27-29
27 Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph, came forward; and these are the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 They stood before Moses, before Eleazar the priest, before the leaders, and all the congregation at the entrance of the tent of meeting, saying, 3 “Our father died in the wilderness, yet he was not among the group of those who gathered together against the Lord, in the group of Korah; but he died in his own sin, and he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be withdrawn from among his family simply because he had no son? Give us property among our father’s brothers.” 5 So Moses brought their case before the Lord.
6 Then the Lord said to [a]Moses, 7 “The daughters of Zelophehad are right about their statements. You shall certainly give them hereditary property among their father’s brothers, and you shall transfer the inheritance of their father to them. 8 Further, you shall speak to the sons of Israel, saying, ‘If a man dies and has no son, then you shall transfer his inheritance to his daughter. 9 And if he has no daughter, then you shall give his inheritance to his brothers. 10 If he has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his father’s brothers. 11 And if his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his nearest relative in his own family, and he shall take possession of it; and it shall be a statutory ordinance to the sons of Israel, just as the Lord has commanded Moses.’”
12 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Go up to this mountain of Abarim, and see the land which I have given to the sons of Israel. 13 When you have seen it, you too will be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother [b]was;14 for in the wilderness of Zin, during the strife of the congregation, you rebelled against My [c]command to treat Me as holy before their eyes at the water.” (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)
Joshua to Succeed Moses
15 Then Moses spoke to the Lord, saying, 16 “May the Lord, the God of the spirits of [d]humanity, appoint a man over the congregation, 17 who will go out [e]and come in before them, and lead them out and [f]bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be like sheep that have no shepherd.” 18 So the Lord said to Moses, “[g]Take Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him; 19 and have him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation, and commission him in their sight. 20 And you shall put some of your [h]authority on him, so that all the congregation of the sons of Israel will obey him. 21 Moreover, he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the Lord. At his [i]command they shall go out, and at his [j]command they shall come in, both he and all the sons of Israel with him, all the congregation.” 22 Then Moses did just as the Lordcommanded him; he took Joshua and had him stand before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. 23 Then he laid his hands on him and commissioned him, just as the Lord had spoken [k]through Moses.
Laws for Offerings
28 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Command the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘You shall be careful to present to Me My offering, My food for My offerings by fire, of a soothing aroma to Me, at their appointed time.’3 And you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day. 4 You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer [l]at twilight; 5 also a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a fourth of a [m]hin of pure oil. 6 It is a continual burnt offering which was ordained on Mount Sinai as a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. 7 Then the drink offering with it shall be a fourth of a hin for each lamb; in the Holy Place pour out a drink offering of strong drink to the Lord. 8 The other lamb you shall offer [n]at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the Lord.
9 ‘Then on the Sabbath day two male lambs one year old without defect, and two-tenths of an [o]ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and its drink offering: 10 This is the burnt offering of every Sabbath in addition to the continual burnt offering and its drink offering.
11 ‘Then at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two [p]bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; 12 and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for the one ram; 13 and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. 14 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. 15 And one male goat as a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the continual burnt offering.
16 ‘The Lord’s Passover shall be on the fourteenth day of the first month.17 On the fifteenth day of this month there shall be a feast; unleavened bread shall be eaten for seven days. 18 On the first day there shall be a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work. 19 But you shall present an offering by fire, a burnt offering to the Lord: two [q]bulls and one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, that you have without defect. 20 For their grain offering, you shall offer fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, and two-tenths for the ram. 21 A tenth of an ephah you shall offer for [r]each of the seven lambs; 22 and one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you. 23 You shall present these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering. 24 In this way you shall present daily, for seven days, the food of the offering by fire, of a soothing aroma to the Lord; it shall be presented with its drink offering in addition to the continual burnt offering. 25 On the seventh day you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work.
26 ‘Also on the day of the first fruits, when you present a new grain offering to the Lord in your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work. 27 But you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the Lord: two bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old; 28 and as their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for each bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 29 and a tenth for [s]each of the seven lambs; 30 also one male goat to make atonement for you. 31 Besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, you shall present them with their drink offerings. They shall be without [t]defect.
Offerings of the Seventh Month
29 ‘Now in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work. It will be to you a day for blowing trumpets. 2 And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the Lord: one [u]bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without defect; 3 also their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an [v]ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the ram, 4 and a tenth for [w]each of the seven lambs, 5 and one male goat as a sin offering, to make atonement for you, 6 besides the burnt offering of the new moon and its grain offering, and the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord.
7 ‘Then on the tenth day of this seventh month you shall have a holy assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you shall not do any work.8 You shall present a burnt offering to the Lord as a soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, that you have without defect; 9 and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths for the one ram, 10 and a tenth for each of the seven lambs; 11 one male goat as a sin offering, besides the sin offering of atonement and the continual burnt offering, and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.
12 ‘Then on the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy assembly; you shall do no laborious work, and you shall celebrate with a feast to the Lord for seven days. 13 You shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire as a soothing aroma to the Lord: thirteen bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old, which are without defect; 14 and their grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil: three-tenths of an ephah for [x]each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths for [y]each of the two rams, 15 and a tenth for each of the fourteen lambs; 16 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
17 ‘Then on the second day: twelve bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 18 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 19 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.
20 ‘Then on the third day: eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 21 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 22 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and its drink offering.
23 ‘Then on the fourth day: ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 24 their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 25 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
26 ‘Then on the fifth day: nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 27 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 28 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and its drink offering.
29 ‘Then on the sixth day: eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 30 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 31 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offerings.
32 ‘Then on the seventh day: seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old without defect; 33 and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 34 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
35 ‘On the eighth day you shall have a sacred assembly; you shall do no laborious work. 36 But you shall present a burnt offering, an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without defect; 37 their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance; 38 and one male goat as a sin offering, besides the continual burnt offering and its grain offering, and its drink offering.
39 ‘You shall present these to the Lord at your appointed times, besides your vowed offerings and your [z]voluntary offerings, for your burnt offerings, your grain offerings, your drink offerings, and for your peace offerings.’” 40 [aa]And Moses spoke to the sons of Israel in accordance with everything that the Lord had commanded Moses.
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