ALPHA MAAMA (A.M.)

Tusite Siulai 6, 2021

te ke feia pongipongi...te ke fai ‘i he‘ene efiafi

you shall offer in the morning...you shall offer in the evening

Nomipa 28 (Numbers 28)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This and the next chapter contain a repetition of laws concerning the great religious observances of the nation. This repetition is an orderly statement covering the whole year and, indeed, showing its relationship in every period to spiritual matters. It was thus set forth on the eve of their entering on possession of the land in order that the arrangements for worship might be duly made and properly carried out.

First we have the religious rites appointed for the small time divisions. Daily sacrifices were arranged for (verses Num 28:1-8 ), weekly offerings which were to be made on the Sabbath were named (verses Num 28:9-10 ), and the monthly offerings appointed (verses Num 28:11-15 ).

A study of these will show how there was an increase in the number of the sacrifices and the importance of the religious rites in each enlarging section of time. Daily, one lamb in the morning and one in the evening; on the Sabbath two he-lambs in addition to the continual burnt offering; in the beginnings of the months two young bullocks, one ram, and seven he-lambs, all in addition to continual burnt offering.

Then follow instructions concerning the observances marking the springtime, the feast of Passover forever reminding them of the divine deliverance by which they had become a nation formed the commencement of the year. Following this, after an interval, came the feast of Pentecost in which the first fruits were offered to God.

David Guzik :: Study Guide for Numbers 28

(v. 4) The one lamb you shall offer in the morning...shall offer in the evening.

(v. 4) Ko e lami ‘e taha te ke feia pongipongi...te ke fai ‘i he‘ene efiafi hifo:

Day by day, as a regular burnt offering: Israel was commanded to bring a male lamb to the LORD every morning and every evening. Each day began and ended with this statement of the need for atonement by sacrifice and expression of devotion to the LORD.

You shall offer in the morning … you shall offer in the evening: This reminds us that it is appropriate to begin and end our day with a statement of trust in God's atonement and expression of our devotion to Him.

We should be like the Psalmist and seek the LORD in the morning: My voice You shall hear in the morning, O LORD; in the morning I will direct it to You, and I will look up. (Psalm 5:3) But to You I have cried out, O LORD, and in the morning my prayer comes before You. (Psalm 88:13)

We should be like the Psalmist and seek the LORD in the evening: When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. (Psalm 63:6) Let my prayer be set before You as incense, the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice. (Psalm 141:2)

We should be like the Psalmist and seek the LORD all the time: Evening and morning and at noon I will pray, and cry aloud, and He shall hear my voice. (Psalm 55:17)