Numbers 28:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour [for] a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

Ver. 9. And on the Sabbath day.] Every day should be a Sabbath to the saints, in regard of ceasing to do evil, learning to do well; but on the seventh day Sabbath our devotion should be doubled. Debet totus dies festivus a Christiano expendi in operibus sanctis, said Robert Grosthead, Bishop of Lincoln, long since. a The whole Sabbath should be spent in God's service. Psalms 92:1, titled, A Psalm for the Sabbath, mentions morning and evening performances. Psa 92:2 Variety of duties may very well take up the whole day with delight. Besides, God gives us six whole days. Now, to sell by one measure and buy by another, is the way to a curse.

a In Decalog. Praecep., 30.

Numbers 28:9

9 And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof: