Numbers 28:3

Numbers 28:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt say unto them, This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the Lord; two lambs of the first year without spot day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
• New International Version (NIV)Say to them: ‘This is the food offering you are to present to the Lord: two lambs a year old without defect, as a regular burnt offering each day.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall say to them, This is the food offering that you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs a year old without blemish, day by day, as a regular offering.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“And you shall say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to the Lord: two male lambs in their first year without blemish, day by day, as a regular burnt offering.

Context of Numbers 28:3

1The 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.’ You will say to them, ‘This is the offering made by fire which you must offer to the Lord: two unblemished lambs one year old each day for a continual burnt offering. 4The first lamb you must offer in the morning, and the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon, 5with one-tenth of an ephah of finely ground flour as a grain offering mixed with one quarter of a hin of pressed olive oil.

Numbers 28:3 word by word

וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ לָהֶ֔ם זֶ֚ה הָֽאִשֶּׁ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּקְרִ֖יבוּ לַיהוָ֑ה כְּבָשִׂ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־שָׁנָ֧ה תְמִימִ֛ם שְׁנַ֥יִם לַיּ֖וֹם עֹלָ֥ה תָמִֽיד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And thou shalt sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• the offering made by fireאִשֶּׁה'ishshâh · food offeringH801
• which ye shall offerקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• lambsכֶּ֫בֶשׂkebeώ · lambH3532
• of the firstבֵּןbên · son: agedH1121
• yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• without spotתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemishedH8549
• day by dayיוֹםyôm · day: dailyH3117
• a continualתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930

Cross-references for Numbers 28:3

• 1 Kings 18:29Throughout the afternoon they were in an ecstatic frenzy, but there was no sound, no answer, and no response.
• Ezra 9:4Everyone who held the words of the God of Israel in awe gathered around me because of the unfaithful acts of the people of the exile. Devastated, I continued to sit there until the evening offering.
• Psalms 141:2May you accept my prayer like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering!
• Daniel 9:21yes, while I was still praying, the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, around the time of the evening offering.
• Numbers 9:3In the fourteenth day of this month, at twilight, you are to observe it at its appointed time; you must keep it in accordance with all its statutes and all its customs.”
• Exodus 12:6You must care for it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then the whole community of Israel will kill it around sundown.

Commentaries on Numbers 28:3

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-8The daily offering was the foundation of the sacrificial system. This practice began at Mount Sinai (see Exodus 29:38–46). fermented drink: Compare Numbers 6:3; Leviticus 10:9; Deuteronomy 14:26.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-312. Command the children of Israel, and say unto them--The repetition of several laws formerly enacted, which is made in this chapter, was seasonable and necessary, not only on account of their importance and the frequent neglect of them, but because a new generation had sprung up since their first institution and because the Israelites were about to be settled in the land where those ordinances were to be observed. My offering, and my bread--used…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 28:3

• Daily Offering
• Lamb

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Festivals, Religious
• Sinoffering
• Altar
• Exodus, the Book of
• Ezekiel
• Feasts and Fasts
• Lamb of God
• Law in the Old Testament
• Numbers, Book of

Commentaries on Numbers 28

• 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