10 Also on the day of your joy and at your appointed [a]feasts, and on the first days of your months, (A)you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; and they shall be as a reminder of you before your God. I am the Lord your God.”

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  1. Numbers 10:10 Or times

10 Also at your times of rejoicing—your appointed festivals and New Moon feasts(A)—you are to sound the trumpets(B) over your burnt offerings(C) and fellowship offerings,(D) and they will be a memorial for you before your God. I am the Lord your God.(E)

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11 ‘Then (A)at the beginning of each of your months you shall present a burnt offering to the Lord: two [a]bulls and one ram, seven male lambs one year old without defect; 12 (B)and three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for each bull; and two-tenths of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, for the one ram; 13 and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering for each lamb, as a burnt offering of a soothing aroma, an offering by fire to the Lord. 14 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull and a third of a hin for the ram and a fourth of a hin for a lamb; this is the burnt offering of each month throughout the months of the year. 15 And one male goat as a sin offering to the Lord; it shall be offered with its drink offering in addition to the (C)continual burnt offering.

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  1. Numbers 28:11 Lit bulls, sons of the herd

Monthly Offerings

11 “‘On the first of every month,(A) present to the Lord a burnt offering of two young bulls,(B) one ram(C) and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.(D) 12 With each bull there is to be a grain offering(E) of three-tenths of an ephah[a](F) of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of two-tenths(G) of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; 13 and with each lamb, a grain offering(H) of a tenth(I) of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering,(J) a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the Lord.(K) 14 With each bull there is to be a drink offering(L) of half a hin[b] of wine; with the ram, a third of a hin[c]; and with each lamb, a quarter of a hin. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon(M) during the year. 15 Besides the regular burnt offering(N) with its drink offering, one male goat(O) is to be presented to the Lord as a sin offering.[d](P)

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  1. Numbers 28:12 That is, probably about 11 pounds or about 5 kilograms; also in verses 20 and 28
  2. Numbers 28:14 That is, about 2 quarts or about 1.9 liters
  3. Numbers 28:14 That is, about 1 1/3 quarts or about 1.3 liters
  4. Numbers 28:15 Or purification offering; also in verse 22

saying,

“When will the (A)new moon [a]be over,
So that we may sell grain;
And the (B)Sabbath, so that we may open the wheat market,
To make the [b]ephah smaller and the [c]shekel bigger,
And to (C)cheat with dishonest scales,

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  1. Amos 8:5 Lit pass by
  2. Amos 8:5 About 1 cubic foot or 0.03 cubic meters
  3. Amos 8:5 About 0.5 oz. or 14 gm

saying,

“When will the New Moon(A) be over
    that we may sell grain,
and the Sabbath be ended
    that we may market(B) wheat?”(C)
skimping on the measure,
    boosting the price
    and cheating(D) with dishonest scales,(E)

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