And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering.
The drink offering that goes with it should be one-fourth of a hin for each lamb. In the holy place, you must pour out strong wine to the LORD as a drink offering.
God is instructing that wine offerings must accompany the lamb sacrifices, poured out in the sacred space as an act of worship.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of God's detailed instructions to Moses about the daily sacrifices that were to be offered in the tabernacle. A 'hin' was a Hebrew unit of liquid measurement (about 1.5 gallons), so a fourth of a hin would be roughly 1.5 quarts. These drink offerings of wine were poured out at the base of the altar as part of the regular worship system God established for Israel.
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