Exodus 30:17-21
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: You shall make a bronze laver[1] with a bronze base for washing, and place it between the tent of meeting and the altar, and put water in it, so that Aaron and his sons may wash their hands and feet in it. Whenever they enter the tent of meeting they must wash themselves with water, that they die not; or whenever they approach the altar to minister by burning a sacrifice to the Lord. They must wash their hands and feet, that they die not; this shall be a perpetual statute for them, for him and his descendants, throughout their generations.
May it be thy will, Lord our God and God of our fathers, to have mercy on us and pardon all our sins, iniquities and transgressions; and rebuild the Temple speedily in our days, that we may offer before thee the daily burnt-offering to atone for us, as thou hast written in thy Torah through Moses thy servant, as it is said:
Numbers 28:1-8
The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Command the children of Israel, and say to them: My food-offering, consumed by fire, a sweet savor to me, you shall be careful to offer me at its proper time. Say also to them: This is the fire-offering which you shall bring to the Lord: two yearling lambs without blemish, every day, as a daily burnt-offering. The one lamb you shall offer in the
morning, and the other lamb towards evening, along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a meal-offering, mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil from crushed olives. This is a daily burnt-offering, as instituted at Mount Sinai, for a sweet savor, a sacrifice to the Lord. Its drink-offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb; in the holy place shall you pour out an oblation of
- ↑ וידבר... ועשית כיור According to the Talmud, God said: “Whenever they recite the order of sacrifices, I will deem it as if they offered them before me and wll forgive them all their sins” (Ta`nith 27b). The sacrificial system symbolized self-surrender and devotion to the will of God. The peace-offering with its communion-feast showed the idea of fellowship. It served to keep alive the sense of dependence on God for the natural blessings of life, while it had the social value of promoting the solidarity of the nation. The Tamid, or daily offering, symbolized Israel’s pledge of unbroken service to God. The fragrant smoke of incense rising towards heaven was a natural symbol of prayer ascending to God. From Psalm 141:2 (“Let my prayer rise like incense before thee") it appears that the incense-offering symbolized prayer.
An ephah (a little over a bushel) was equivalent to three seahs, and a seah was equivalent to six kabs. A hin was equivalent to nearly two gallons. A mina, or maneh, was equal to 341 grams.
