New Living Translation
Numbers 28:3
3“Say to the people: This is the special gift you must present to the Lord as your daily burnt offering. You must offer two one-year-old male lambs with no defects.
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 said to Moses, 2“Give these instructions to the people of Israel: The offerings you present as special gifts are a pleasing aroma to me; they are my food. See to it that they are brought at the appointed times and offered according to my instructions. “Say to the people: This is the special gift you must present to the Lord as your daily burnt offering. You must offer two one-year-old male lambs with no defects. 4Sacrifice one lamb in the morning and the other in the evening. 5With each lamb you must offer a grain offering of two quarts of choice flour mixed with one quart of pure oil of pressed olives.
Read all of Numbers 28Numbers 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 18:29They raved all afternoon until the time of the evening sacrifice, but still there was no sound, no reply, no response.
- Ezra 9:4Then all who trembled at the words of the God of Israel came and sat with me because of this outrage committed by the returned exiles. And I sat there utterly appalled until the time of the evening sacrifice.
- Psalms 141:2Accept my prayer as incense offered to you, and my upraised hands as an evening offering.
- Daniel 9:21As I was praying, Gabriel, whom I had seen in the earlier vision, came swiftly to me at the time of the evening sacrifice.
- Numbers 9:3at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month. Be sure to follow all my decrees and regulations concerning this celebration.”
- Exodus 12:6“Take special care of this chosen animal until the evening of the fourteenth day of this first month. Then the whole assembly of the community of Israel must slaughter their lamb or young goat at twilight.
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
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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
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