Rules Concerning Sacred Offerings

(Book of Numbers 15:1 - 15:21)
Jehovah then told Moses to give the following instructions to the people of Israel:
"After you have finally entered and settled in the land I am giving to you, you will be making burnt offerings to create an aroma pleasing to Jehovah and sacrifices from the herd and flock.  Whether it be a votive, voluntary, or festival offering, the person making the sacrifice must also present to Jehovah a grain offering, one-tenth of an ephah of finest flour mixed with a quarter of a hin of olive oil.  For each lamb presented as a burnt offering or special sacrifice, he must also bring a quart of a hin of wine as a drink offering.  If the sacrifice be a ram, then a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of finest flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil, and a drink offering of a third of a hin of wine should be presented to offer an aroma pleasing to Jehovah.  When a bull is presented as a burnt offering or sacrificed to Jehovah as a votive or peace offering, then accompanying it should be a grain offering, three-tenths of an ephah of finest flour mixed with a half a hin of olive oil, and a drink offering of a half a hin of wine.  This burnt offering will create an aroma very pleasing to Jehovah.  Each bull or ram, lamb or goat kid should be sacrificed in this manner.  Irrespective of how many sacrificial animals are offered, this procedure should be followed with each and every one. 

"Every native-born Israelite should follow these protocols in presenting burnt offerings, (which create an aroma very pleasing to Jehovah).  And any foreigner residing with you, or who is a permanent resident, that wishes to make a burnt offering (creating an aroma very pleasing to Jehovah) should do likewise.  The community should have the same rules for the alien resident as it does for you; this is a permanent rule applying to future generations.  You and the foreigner stand equal before Jehovah.  The same laws and ordinances apply to both you and to the foreigner who lives among you."

Jehovah also told Moses to tell the Israelites, "After you enter the land to which I am taking you, you must set aside as a sacred offering to Jehovah a portion the food of the land that you may eat.  Present as a raised offering a loaf of bread from the first flour that you grind, as you do with the first grain from the threshing floor.  Future generations should set aside each year a portion from the first flour that is ground as a raised offering to Jehovah.

Notes
1. An ephah, a dry measure, is slightly more than a bushel, or 32 US dry quarts.  Therefore one-tenth of an ephah is 3 1/4 quarts, two-tenths is 6 1/2 quarts , three-tenths, 9 2/3 quarts.

2. A hin, a liquid measure, is roughly a gallon and a half, or 6 liquid quarts; therefore, a quarter of a hin is 48 ounces, or three pints, a third of a hin is 2 quarts, and a half a hin, 3 quarts.  (Various sources give different values for the hin and the ephah.)

3.  The native born citizen and the alien resident being equal before the law is a refreshingly modern concept.  It is somewhat surprising that it would be embraced by the Israelites considering the contempt with which Jehovah regards anything foreign.