my bread: Leviticus 3:11, Leviticus 21:6, Leviticus 21:8; Malachi 1:7, Malachi 1:12
for a sweet savour unto me: Heb. savour of my rest, Numbers 15:3, Numbers 15:7, Numbers 15:24; Genesis 8:21; Exodus 29:18; Leviticus 1:9, Leviticus 1:13, Leviticus 1:17, Leviticus 3:11; Ezekiel 16:19; Ezekiel 20:41 *marg. 2 Corinthians 2:15; Ephesians 5:2; Philippians 4:18
in their due season: The stated sacrifices and service of the tabernacle having, probably, been greatly interrupted for several years, and a new generation having arisen, who were children or minors when the law was given respecting these ordinances; and as they were now about to enter into the promised land, where they must be established and constantly observed; God commands Moses to repeat them to the people in the following order:
- Daily Numbers 28:3-4
- Weekly Numbers 28:9-10
- Monthly Numbers 28:11-15
- Annually Numbers 28:16-25; Numbers 28:26-31; Numbers 9:2-3, Numbers 9:7, Numbers 9:13; Exodus 23:15; Psalms 81:3