Discovery BoxNumbers 28:5 
Context28:5 with one-tenth of an ephah 1 of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one quarter of a hin 2 of pressed olive oil.
Numbers 29:7
ContextThe Day of Atonement
29:7 “‘On the tenth day of this seventh month you are to have a holy assembly. You must humble yourselves; 3 you must not do any work on it.
1 sn That is about two quarts.
2 sn That is about one quart.
3 tn Heb “afflict yourselves”; NAB “mortify yourselves”; NIV, NRSV “deny yourselves.”
sn The verb seems to mean “humble yourself.” There is no explanation given for it. In the days of the prophets fasting seems to be associated with it (see Isa 58:3-5), and possibly the symbolic wearing of ashes.
