The Daily Sacrifice

1. The Daily Sacrifice
Ezra 3:4
4) They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written,
and offered the daily burnt offerings by number,
according to the custom, as the duty of every day
required;
Rom 12:1
1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of
God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy,
acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
• OrdainedinmountSinai
Num 28:6
6) It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in
mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire
unto the LORD.
• A lambasa burnt offeringmorningandevening
Exod 29:38-39
38) Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar;
two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

2. 39) The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and
the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
Num 28:3-4
3) And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made
by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of
the first year without spot day by day, for a continual
burnt offering.
4) The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the
other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
• Doubledonthesabbath
Num 28:9-10
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:
10) This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the
continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.
• Requiredto be
- Witha meat and drinkoffering
Exod 29:40-41

3. 40) And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled
with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the
fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
41) And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt
do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning,
and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet
savour, an offering made by fire unto the LORD.
Num 28:5-8
5) And a tenth part of an ephah of flour for a meat
offering, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten
oil.
6) It is a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in
mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire
unto the LORD.
7) And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of
an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause
the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink
offering.
8) And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat
offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof,
thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
1Cor 9:9

4. 9) For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not
muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the
corn. Doth God take care for oxen?
Deut 25:4
4) Thou shalt not muzzle the ox when he treadeth
out the corn.
1Tim 5:18
18) For the scripture saith, Thou shalt not
muzzle the ox that treadeth out the corn. And,
The labourer is worthy of his reward.
- Slowlyandentirely consumed
Lev 6:9-12
9) Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of
the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the
burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and
the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.
10) And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his
linen breeches shall he put upon his flesh, and take up the
ashes which the fire hath consumed with the burnt
offering on the altar, and he shall put them beside the
altar.
11) And he shall put off his garments, and put on other
garments, and carry forth the ashes without the camp
unto a clean place.

5. 12) And the fire upon the altar shall be burning in it; it
shall not be put out: and the priest shall burn wood on it
every morning, and lay the burnt offering in order upon it;
and he shall burn thereon the fat of the peace offerings.
Josh 1:8
8) This book of the law shall not depart out of thy
mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and
night, that thou mayest observe to do according to
all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy
way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good
success.
- Perpetually observed
Exod 29:42
42) This shall be a continual burnt offering throughout
your generations at the door of the tabernacle of the
congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to
speak there unto thee.
Num 28:3
3) And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made
by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD; two lambs of
the first year without spot day by day, for a continual
burnt offering.
Ps 1:2

6. 2) But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his
law doth he meditate day and night.
1Tim 4:15
15) Meditate upon these things; give thyself wholly to
them; that thy profiting may appear to all.
Luk 1 describes Zacharias (the father of John the Baptist)
ministering at a morning sacrifice
• Peculiarly acceptable
Num 28:8
8) And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat
offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof,
thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet
savour unto the LORD.
Ps 5:3
3) My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O LORD;
in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and
will look up.
• SecuredGod'spresenceand favor
Exod 29:43-44

7. 43) And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and
the tabernacle shall be sanctified by my glory.
44) And I will sanctify the tabernacle of the congregation,
and the altar: I will sanctify also both Aaron and his
sons, to minister to me in the priest's office.
There is a price to pay for being fully surrendered to God.
The ceremony of consecration was long, bloody, and it
took persistence to complete. Yet the reward was far
greater than the cost - the glory of the LORD was
revealed not only to the consecrated priests, but to the
people in general.
Exod 29:45
45) And I will dwell among the children of Israel, and
will be their God.
• Timesofoffering, wereseasonsofprayer
Ezra 9:5
5) And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my
heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I
fell upon my knees, and spread out my hands unto the
LORD my God,
Dan 9:20-21
20) And whiles I was speaking, and praying, and
confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, and

8. presenting my supplication before the LORD my God for
the holy mountain of my God;
21) Yea, whiles I was speaking in prayer, even the man
Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision at the beginning,
being caused to fly swiftly, touched me about the time of
the evening oblation.
Acts 3:1
1) Now Peter and John went up together into the temple
at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.
“The ‘evening sacrifice’ took place about three P.M. (cf.
Exo 12:6; Act 3:1). The informants had probably visited
Ezra in the morning, so that he must have sat in this
position for many hours. The time of the evening sacrifice
was also the appointed time for prayer and confession.”
(Yamauchi)
• Restoredafterthecaptivity
Ezra 3:3
3) And they set the altar upon his bases; for fear was upon
them because of the people of those countries: and they
offered burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD, even
burnt offerings morning and evening.

9. • Theeliminationof, foretold
Dan 9:26-27
26) And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be
cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince
that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;
and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the
end of the war desolations are determined.
27) And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one
week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the
sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the
overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate,
even until the consummation, and that determined shall
be poured upon the desolate.
Dan 11:31
31) And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute
the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily
sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that
maketh desolate.
• Illustrativeof
- Christ
John 1:29

10. 29) The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and
saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin
of the world.
John 1:36
36) And looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold
the Lamb of God!
1Pet 1:19
19) But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb
without blemish and without spot:
- Acceptable prayer
Ps 141:2
2) Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and
the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.
Rev 8:3-4
3) And another angel came and stood at the altar,
having a golden censer; and there was given unto him
much incense, that he should offer it with the prayers
of all saints upon the golden altar which was before
the throne.
4) And the smoke of the incense, which came with the
prayers of the saints, ascended up before God out of
the angel's hand.