I was reading in exodus today about the daily sacrifices the Israelites made, a lamb was offered twice a day, morning and evening. Dakes bible notes gives us a break down of what it would cost today in monetary terms to offer each day seven days a week, a lamb, and without blemish, top quality. along with the cost of wine etc. for the whole period this was in force which is estimated at 1,718 yrs. Our God is not STINGY.

Five Commands - the Daily Sacrifices

1. Offer two lambs (yearlings) day by day continually (Ex. 29:38; Heb. 9:9; 10:1-2).
2. Sacrifice one lamb in the morning and the other in the evening (Ex. 29:39).
3. With the morning lamb offer half a gallon of flour, mixed with one and a half quarts of beaten oil and one and a half quarts of wine for a drink offering (Ex. 29:40; Num. 28:5; 29:4).
4. Offer the same amounts of flour, oil, and wine for the evening lamb as offered in the morning (Ex. 29:41).
5. This shall be a continual burnt offering daily forever (Ex. 29:42).

{c} day by day continually Considering that there were 1,718 years from the giving of this law to the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70 (excluding the 70 years captivity), or a period of 627,499 days, there would be 1,254,998 lambs sacrificed, counting two each day. At $80 each these would be valued at $100,399,840 today. Later laws required two additional lambs, etc. to be offered each weekly sabbath. Total for these (with their flour, oil, and wine offerings) would be $17,956,536 (see The Cost of Daily Lamb Sacrifices for 1,718 Years).

EXO. 29:40

{a} tenth deal of flour A tenth deal was about half a gallon. Counting one gallon for each two lambs daily, there would be 627,499 gallons used in the 1,718-year period (note above). At $2 a gallon, this would be $1,254,998.

{b} fourth part of an hin of beaten oil Half a hin (allowing a quarter each lamb) would be three quarts (at six quarts to a hin). Used every day in the continual burnt offerings (Ex. 29:42) for the 627,499-day period (note Ex. 29:38), this would 1,882,497 quarts of oil. At $8 a quart the total cost today would be $15,059,976.

{c} fourth part of an hin of wine Three quarts daily for the two lambs — 1,882,497 quarts for the 627,499-day period. At $5 a quart the wine would cost $9,412,485.

The Cost of Daily Lamb Sacrifices for 1,718 Years

Lambs: 1,254,998 (2 daily for 1,718 yrs. or 627,499 days at $80 each ...... $100,399,840

Flour: 627,499 gal. at $2 ................................................. 1,254,998

Oil: 1,882,497 qts. at $8 each ............................................ 15,059,976

Wine: 1,882,497 qts. at $5 each ........................................... 9,412,485

Additional for weekly sabbaths:

1,718 yrs. at $10,452 (note, Num. 28:9) .................................... 17,956,536

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Total cost .............. $144,083,835