Numbers 28:21 — Meaning and Application

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“A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:”

Numbers 28:21

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But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire {for} a burnt offering unto the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:

And their meat offering {shall be of} flour mingled with oil: three tenth deals shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram;

A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

And one goat {for} a sin offering, to make an atonement for you.

Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which {is} for a continual burnt offering.

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Numbers 28:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 28:2

"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. {a sweet...: Heb. a savour of my rest}"

Numbers 28:3

"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. {day by day: Heb. in a day}"

Numbers 28:4

"The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even; {at even: Heb. between the two evenings}"

Numbers 28:5

"And a tenth {part} of an ephah of flour for a meat offering, mingled with the fourth {part} of an hin of beaten oil."

Numbers 28:6

"{It is} a continual burnt offering, which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD."

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