New English Translation
Numbers 29:2
2You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish.
Numbers 29:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
- New International Version (NIV)As an aroma pleasing to the Lord, offer a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish.
Context of Numbers 29:2
1“‘On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a holy assembly. You must not do your ordinary work, for it is a day of blowing trumpets for you. You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish. 3“‘Their grain offering is to be of finely ground flour mixed with olive oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, two-tenths of an ephah for the ram, 4and one-tenth for each of the seven lambs,
Read all of Numbers 29Numbers 29:2 word by word
וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם עֹלָ֜ה לְרֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה פַּ֧ר בֶּן־בָּקָ֛ר אֶחָ֖ד אַ֣יִל אֶחָ֑ד כְּבָשִׂ֧ים בְּנֵי־שָׁנָ֛ה שִׁבְעָ֖ה תְּמִימִֽם׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And ye shall offerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
- a burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
- for a sweetנִיחֹחַnîychôach nîychôach · soothingH5207
- savourרֵיחַrêyach · aromaH7381
- unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
- youngבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
- bullockפַּרpar pâr · bullockH6499
- ramאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
- sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
- lambsכֶּ֫בֶשׂkebeώ · lambH3532
- of the firstבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- yearשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
- without blemishתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemishedH8549
Commentaries on Numbers 29:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-6Verses 1-6 The ordinance of the Feast of Trumpets was to be observed on the opening day of that month within which the great Day of the Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles fell (compare Leviticus 23:23 ff). The special offering for the day anticipated that of the great Day of Atonement.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-6a day for you to sound the trumpets: See also Leviticus 23:23–25.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-401. in the seventh month--of the ecclesiastical year, but the first month of the civil year, corresponding to our September. It was, in fact, the New Year's Day, which had been celebrated among the Hebrews and other contemporary nations with great festivity and joy and ushered in by a flourish of trumpets. This ordinance was designed to give a religious character to the occasion by associating it with some solemn observances. (Compare Ex 12:2; Le 23:24)…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Numbers 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
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