Numbers 28:5Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

And the tenth part of an ephi of flour, which shall be tempered with the, purest oil, of the measure of the fourth part of a hin.
Douay-Rheims

וַעֲשִׂירִ֧ית הָאֵיפָ֛ה סֹ֖לֶת לְמִנְחָ֑ה בְּלוּלָ֛ה בְּשֶׁ֥מֶן כָּתִ֖ית רְבִיעִ֥ת הַהִֽין׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Cyrill of Alexandria

5th centuryChurch Father

The existence of individuals who put their faith in Him overflows with joy derived from the anticipation of everlasting glory and a divine kingdom, and ultimately, it will be enriched with the delight of eternal joys. A symbol of this kind of life is the grain of wheat that has been dampened with oil and sprinkled with wine.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Lev 2:1When any one shall offer an oblation of sacrifice to the Lord, his offering shall be of fine flour: and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense,
Ex 16:36Now a gomor is the tenth part of an ephi.
Ex 29:38This is what thou shalt sacrifice upon the altar: Two lambs of a year old every day continually,
Ex 29:42It is a sacrifice to the Lord, by perpetual oblation unto your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of the testimony before the Lord, where I will appoint to speak unto thee.
Num 15:4Whosoever immolateth the victim, shall offer a sacrifice of fine flour, the tenth part of an ephi, tempered with the fourth part of a hin of oil:
Num 15:5And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb,