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continual burnt offering is first described in Ex. 29:38-46 and consisted
of two lambs, one each offered in the morning and evening along with the
grain (food) offering and drink offering. It was a sweet aroma to Jehovah
and it was a reminder that He would meet with the children of Israel, that
the tabernacle would be sanctified by His glory, that He would dwell with
them and that Jehovah redeemed them from Egypt to dwell among them. It may
be observed that the adjective, tamid (daily), describing the burnt
offering is connected with the sweet aroma (Ex. 29:41-42).
Further instructions for the
continual burnt offering are given in Lev. 6:8-13 where the fat of the
peace offerings is burned together on and with the burnt offering itself
(6:12) both of which were a sweet aroma to Jehovah. The simultaneous
burning of the fat of the peace offering upon the burnt offering itself as
a sweet aroma to Jehovah is also specifically directed by God to Moses in
Lev. 3:3-5 and performed in Lev. 9:22-24 (see also Lev. 8:25-28). It is
noted that the detailed description of the burnt offering in Lev. 6:8-13
suggests that the burnt offering commenced in the evening. “This is the
law of the burnt offering; it is the burnt offering on the hearth on the
altar all the night until the morning and the fire is kept burning
on it” (6:9). In the morning the ashes were removed and the fire was
kept burning with new wood every morning followed by a new burnt offering
in the morning (6:12). In Ex. 29:39 and Num. 28:4, it is simply stated
that one lamb is offered in the morning and the other lamb offered in the
evening which does not necessarily imply a commencing-ending sequence.
Conversely, the description of the evening-morning sequence is a prominent
feature in Lev. 6:9-12. The importance of the evening-morning sequence
will be discussed in Section 8.2, “The Cultic Significance of 2300
evening-morning.” The third description of the daily burnt offering
appears in Num. 28:3-8 which is nearly identical to that in Ex. 29:38-46.
Again the burning of the continual (tamid) burnt offering along
with the food offering results in a sweet aroma to Jehovah (Num. 28:6).
7.1.2
The Grain Offering |