“On the day
Of the new moon,
The prince shall offer
A young bull
Without blemish.
He shall offer
Six lambs
With a ram,
Which shall be
Without blemish.
As a grain offering,
He shall provide
An ephah
With the bull.
He shall provide
An ephah
With the ram.
With the lambs,
He may provide
As much as he wishes,
Together with a hin of oil
For each ephah.
When the prince enters,
He shall go in
By the vestibule
Of the gate.
He shall go out
By the same way.”
Besides the Sabbath, the other regular festival was the monthly new moon sacrifice. The lunar calendar was based on the 28-day cycle of the moon. Once again, the prince was responsible for furnishing the animals and the grain offerings, as on the Sabbath. He was to take an unblemished bull with 6 lambs and an unblemished ram for the burnt offerings. He was to offer them up with a grain offering. He too had to provide an ephah of grain (2/3rds of a bushel) with the bull and the ram. However, this prince could decide how much grain went with the lambs, but there had to be a gallon or hin of oil for each ephah of grain. The prince would enter and leave at the same gate.
Eugene Finnegan Bible Project 