God’s food consists of the offerings offered to Him by His people, which typify different aspects of Christ (see notes in Lev. chs. 1—7), who is the reality of and replacement for all the Old Testament offerings (Heb. 10:5-9). Christ is God’s daily food (vv. 3-8), weekly food (v. 9), monthly food (vv. 11-15), and yearly food (Num. 28:16-31; 29:1-38). Thus, God’s food is related to the daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly life of His people.

Lit., between the two evenings.

Although the burnt offering was to be wholly and absolutely burned for God’s satisfaction (Lev. 1:9, 13), it was accompanied by a meal offering, a large portion of which was for the priests (Lev. 2:3, 10). This indicates that when we serve God, offering Christ to Him as His food, God shares a portion of His food with us. First, we enjoy Christ as the One given to us by God. Having experienced Christ, we present Him to God as His food, and then God shares with us a portion of the Christ we have offered to Him. In this way we enjoy the all-inclusive Christ in mutuality with God.

See note Lev. 23:13^2a.

The monthly new moon signifies a new beginning in Christ with light in the darkness (Col. 2:16-17).

Although God has nothing to do with sin, the serving ones were sinful and needed redemption in order to be qualified to serve God. Hence, the monthly burnt offering had to include a male goat for a sin offering.

For the annual feasts, see notes in Lev. 23.