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Numbers shares Ugarit's practice of offerings at set times of day, showing how regular worship could organize the community's everyday life.
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2500 BCE
1000+ CE

KTU 1.39:12

Cuneiform Texts from Ugarit
Ancient Near East
[…] a cow; for Shalim […] a cow; and in the flames, a heart, roasted, for the gods; for the Baals […] and emmer, five ten, in full; as a presentation offering […]; for Baal of Sapan a ram; for Tirathu a ram; for the goddess of […] a ram; for the goddess of […] a ram. And at night: for Shapshu Pgr; and for the Thurumanu; in the house of the king: for the god of the house a cow; for Ushkhara a cow; for Yamm a cow; for Baal a cow; for Yarih a cow; for Kothar a cow; for Thurumanu a cow; for Pidray a cow; for Daqqitu a ewe; for Tirathu a ewe; for Rashap [a burnt offering]; for Anat Hbly sacrifices; for Shapshu Pgr [a cow]; for the two strangling goddesses two ewes; for [Yarih] Kty a cow; and for the young woman a ram;
Date: 1350 - 1185 B.C.E. (based on scholarly estimates)

Numbers 28:4

Hebrew Bible
1 The Lord spoke to Moses: 2 “Command the Israelites: ‘With regard to my offering, be sure to offer my food for my offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to me at its appointed time.’ 3 You will say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire that you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual burnt offering. 4 The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon, 5 with one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one-quarter of a hin of pressed olive oil. 6 It is a continual burnt offering that was instituted on Mount Sinai as a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
Date: 5th Century B.C.E. (Final composition) (based on scholarly estimates)
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Notes and References

#6871
“... There is only one text from the site that may provide the daily rite of a temple in the city. It was the very first tablet recovered from Ugarit (RS 1.001 = KTU 1.39), distinguished from all oth- ers because it prescribes a one-day ceremony. The text prescribes a series of day- time and nighttime sacrifices to various deities. Although certain deities, such as Baal, appear in both the daytime and nighttime lists, there is a clear relationship between the times of day and the deities involved. Specifically, the nighttime sac- rifices are directed toward the deities one would expect, such as chthonic deities, gods of fertility, and nocturnal gods such as Yarihu (the moon god) and Sapii- Pagri (the sun as it passed through the underworld). [...] There are obvious parallels between KTU 1.39 and the Hebrew tamid (see Num 28:1-8), which prescribed morning and evening sacrifices of meat, grain, and drink to Yahweh. ...”

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