Command the children of Israel, and say unto them, My offering, and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire, for a sweet savour unto me, shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season. (Numbers 28:2)
Heb. qorban, from the root “to approach,”“to draw near,” that is, for a specific purpose. It is used of approaching a judge with a case, of coming to dedicate something, of coming to present an offering. Qorban therefore became a general term for any oblation (see Mark 7:11).
My bread.
Literally, “my food.” The Hebrew reads, literally, “my offering, even my bread,” rather than “my offering, and my bread.” The heathen custom of offering food to their gods, presumably to be eaten by them, is a travesty of the custom of presenting the offerings of a repentant people to God as evidence of sorrow for sin and an earnest desire for forgiveness (see DA 28; Lev. 21:6, 8, 17, 21; 22:25; Mal. 1:7).
My sacrifices made by fire.
Perhaps this refers particularly to the fat portions burned on the altar.