Exodus 29:38

Exodus 29:38 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
• New International Version (NIV)“This is what you are to offer on the altar regularly each day: two lambs a year old.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs a year old day by day regularly.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two lambs of the first year, day by day continually.

Context of Exodus 29:38

36Each day you shall offer a bull as a sin offering for atonement, and you shall purify the altar when you make atonement for it, and you shall anoint it to consecrate it. 37For seven days you shall make atonement for the altar and consecrate it; then the altar shall be most holy, and whatever touches the altar shall be holy. “Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two one-year-old lambs each day, continuously. 39The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; 40and there shall be a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of beaten oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering with one lamb.

Exodus 29:38 word by word

וְזֶ֕ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה עַל־הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ כְּבָשִׂ֧ים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָ֛ה שְׁנַ֥יִם לַיּ֖וֹם תָּמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

• thisזֶהzeh · thisH2088
• is whatאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you shall offerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• on the altarמִזְבֵּחַmizbêach · altarH4196
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• one-year-oldשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• one-year-oldבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• lambsכֶּ֫בֶשׂkebeώ · lambH3532
• each dayיוֹםyôm · day: dailyH3117
• continuouslyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548

Cross-references for Exodus 29:38

• Numbers 28:3And you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs one year old without defect as a continual burnt offering every day.
• 1 Chronicles 16:40to offer burnt offerings to the Lord on the altar of burnt offering continually morning and evening, even according to everything that is written in the Law of the Lord, which He commanded Israel.
• 2 Chronicles 2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for the name of the Lord my God, dedicating it to Him, to burn fragrant incense before Him and to set out the showbread continually, and to offer burnt offerings morning and evening, on Sabbaths, on new moons, and on the appointed feasts of the Lord our God. This is to be done in Israel forever.
• 2 Chronicles 13:11Every morning and evening they burn to the Lord burnt offerings and fragrant incense, and the showbread is set on the clean table, and the golden lampstand with its lamps is ready to light every evening; for we perform our duty to the Lord our God, but you have abandoned Him.
• 2 Chronicles 31:3He also appointed the king’s portion of his property for the burnt offerings, namely, for the morning and evening burnt offerings, and the burnt offerings for the Sabbaths and for the new moons and for the appointed festivals, as it is written in the Law of the Lord.
• Ezra 3:3So they set up the altar on its foundation, because they were terrified of the peoples of the lands; and they offered burnt offerings on it to the Lord, burnt offerings morning and evening.
• Daniel 9:21while I was still speaking in prayer, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen in the vision previously, came to me in my extreme weariness about the time of the evening offering.
• Daniel 12:11And from the time that the regular sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation is set up, there will be 1,290 days.
• John 1:29The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
• Hebrews 7:27who has no daily need, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people, because He did this once for all time when He offered up Himself.
• 1 Peter 1:19but with precious blood, as of a lamb unblemished and spotless, the blood of Christ.
• Revelation 5:9And they sang a new song, saying, “Worthy are You to take the scroll and to break its seals; for You were slaughtered, and You purchased people for God with Your blood from every tribe, language, people, and nation.

Commentaries on Exodus 29:38

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 38-46Verses 38-46 Exodus 29:38 The continual burnt-offering - The primary purpose of the national altar is here set forth. The victim slain every morning and every evening was an acknowledgment that the life of the people belonged to Yahweh; the offering of meal was an acknowledgment that all their works rightly done were His due (see Exodus 29:39 At even - See Exodus 12:6. Exodus 29:40 A tenth deal - i. e. the tenth part of an Ephah; it is sometimes called an…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 38-46Verses 38-46 A lamb was to be offered upon the altar every morning, and a lamb every evening. This typified the continual intercession which Christ ever lives to make for his church. Though he offered himself but once for all, that one offering thus becomes a continual offering. This also teaches us to offer to God the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise every day, morning and evening. Our daily devotions are the most needful of our daily works, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 38-41Offering the daily sacrifices was one of the chief functions of the priest.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 38-4638. two lambs of the first year day by day continually--The sacred preliminaries being completed, Moses was instructed in the end or design to which these preparations were subservient, namely, the worship of God; and hence the institution of the morning and evening sacrifice. The institution was so imperative, that in no circumstances was this daily oblation to be dispensed with; and the due observance of it would secure the oft-promised grace and…Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 29:38

• Daily Offering
• Lamb
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Anoint
• Burnt offering
• Consecrate
• Festivals, Religious
• Lamb
• Offer
• Perpetual
• Priest
• Charge; Chargeable
• Exodus, the Book of

Commentaries on Exodus 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings