Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Numbers 8:8
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, [even] fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.
The same sacrifice which was offered for a sin-offering for the whole congregation, Le 4, because the Levites came in the stead of all the first-bern, which did in a manner represent the whole congregation.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Then let them take a young bullock,…. Of two years old, as the Jewish writers gather from the other in the next clause, being called the second; though the wise men say one of three years old is fit for such a sacrifice; nay, others say, if four or five years old; but the decision is according to the wise men q
with his meat offering, [even] fine flour mingled with oil: which always went along with a burnt offering, and consisted of three tenth deals of line flour, and half an hin of oil, Nu 28:12;
and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering; which was the offering for the sin of the whole congregation of Israel, through ignorance; and this being for all the Levites, and they being instead of the firstborn of Israel, such an offering was required; and though there was no particular sin charged upon them, but it became necessary for their perfect cleansing and expiation.
q Misn. Parah, c. 1. sect. 2. & Bartenora in ib.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
After this purification the Levites were to bring two young bullocks, one with the corresponding meat-offering for a burnt-sacrifice, the other for a sin-offering.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
8. Sin offering See Leviticus iv, notes. This occurrence of the sin-offering, in all consecratory as well as expiatory rites, impressively teaches the widespread pollution of sin either inadvertent and involuntary or wilful and known.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
meat offering. See App-43.
sin offering. See App-43.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
a young: Exo 29:1, Exo 29:3, Lev 1:3, Lev 8:2
his meat: Num 15:8, Num 15:9, Lev 2:1
another: Lev 4:3, Lev 4:14, Lev 16:3, Isa 53:10, Rom 8:3, 2Co 5:21
Reciprocal: Num 8:12 – the one
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Num 8:8. A young bullock The same sacrifice which was offered for a sin-offering for the whole congregation, because the Levites came in the stead of all the firstborn, who did, in a manner, represent the whole congregation.