Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Leviticus 23:18
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savor unto the LORD.
Two rams; in Num 28:11,19 it is two young bullocks and one ram. Either therefore it was left to their liberty to choose which they would offer, or one of the bullocks there, and one of the rams here, were the peculiar sacrifices of the feast-day, and the other were attendants upon the two loaves, which were the principal and most proper offering at this time. And the one may be mentioned there, and the other here, to teach us that the addition of a new sacrifice did not destroy the former, but both were to be offered, as the extraordinary sacrifices of every feast did not hinder the oblation of the daily sacrifice.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish,
of the first year,…. That is, with the two wave loaves, the meat or bread offering: and besides these,
and one young bullock, and two rams; in Nu 28:27 it is two young bullocks, and one ram; and Aben Ezra suggests, that this was at the will and option of the priest, whether one bullock and two rams, or two bullocks and one ram; but according to Maimonides x, these sacrifices were distinct from them; they are sacrifices of the day, as being a feast day, and these belonged to the loaves; so that according to him, and so he expresses it, there were to be offered on this day, besides the daily sacrifices, three bullocks, three rams, and fourteen lambs, twenty beasts in all, for burnt offerings; and two goats for sin offerings to be eaten, and two lambs for peace offerings to be eaten; and with this account agrees Josephus y, they sacrifice for burnt offerings, he says, three bullocks, and two rams, (or, as Dr. Bernard thinks, it should be read three rams,) and fourteen lambs, and two goats for sin offerings:
they shall be for a burnt offering unto the Lord, with their meat offering, and their drink offering; each of the said beasts were offered, unto the Lord on the altar of burnt offering, and burnt thereon; and to every beast they offered, there was a meat offering and a drink offering: the meat offering consisted of three tenth deals, or omers, of fine flour, to a bullock, two to a ram, and one to a lamb; and the drink offering was half an hin of wine to a bullock, the third part of one to a ram, and a fourth part to a lamb, as Jarchi observes, which appears from Nu 28:12;
[even] an offering made by fire of a sweet savour unto the Lord; an acceptable burnt offering to God.
x Ut supra, (Hilchot Tamidin, &c. c. 8.) sect. 1. y Antiqu. l. 3. c. 10. sect. 6.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
In addition to the loaves, they were to offer seven yearling lambs, one young bullock, and two rams, as burnt-offerings, together with their (the appropriate) meat and drink-offerings, one he-goat as a sin-offering, and two yearling lambs as peace-offerings.
Fuente: Keil & Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament
(18) And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs.The additional sacrifices for the feast day consisted of two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs, which were a burnt offering, and of a goat as a sin offering (Num. 28:26-27; Num. 28:30). Besides these, however, the new meat offering of the two loaves mentioned in the text before us is to be brought, and with it are to be offered one bullock, two rams, and seven lambs, all for burnt offerings.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
18. Seven lambs For the significance of this number, see note on Lev 4:6. The ten victims for a burnt offering required in this feast is the maximum number in the great festivals, at the new moons, the great day of atonement, and the feast of trumpets. For the whole number annually slain for public offerings, see Concluding Note on chap. 1.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Lev 23:18. And one bullock In Num 28:27 there are two bullocks, and one ram; and here is one bullock, and two rams; those are an addition in respect of the feast day, and these are a further addition in respect of the two loaves; and therefore to be offered with them, as is here said: so that this day there are offered these here named, with the loaves, more than the daily offerings. In all, upon this day they offered twenty beasts for burnt-offerings, two goats for sin, and two lambs for peace-offerings, which last four were eaten. Beaumont.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Lev 23:18 And ye shall offer with the bread seven lambs without blemish of the first year, and one young bullock, and two rams: they shall be [for] a burnt offering unto the LORD, with their meat offering, and their drink offerings, [even] an offering made by fire, of sweet savour unto the LORD.
Ver. 18. Seven lambs. ] Besides which, they had other oblations at the feast of Pentecost. Num 28:27 The service of God was heretofore very costly.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
seven lambs: Lev 23:12, Lev 23:13, Num 28:27-31, Mal 1:13, Mal 1:14
with their: Num 15:4-12
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Lev 23:18. One bullock and two rams In Num 28:11; Num 28:19, it is two young bullocks and one ram. Either therefore it was left to their liberty to choose which they would offer, or one of the bullocks there, and one of the rams here, were the peculiar sacrifices of the feast-day, and the others were attendants upon the two loaves, which were the proper offering at this time. And the one may be mentioned there, and the other here, to teach us, that the addition of a new sacrifice did not destroy the former, but both were to be offered, as the extraordinary sacrifices of every feast did not hinder the oblation of the daily sacrifice.