Exodus 29:38
in Exodus 29This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.
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ASV
Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar: two lambs a year old day by day continually.
KJV
Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.
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This verse in Exodus 29
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Exo 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 Lev. 2); while the incense symbolized their daily prayers. Exo 29:39 At even - See Exo 12:6. Exo 29:40 A tenth deal - i. e. the tenth part of an Ephah; it is sometimes called an Omer (Exo 16:36; see Lev 23:13).
This site's exposition
two lambs of the first year day by day
on Exodus 29:38-41
The daily service of Israel begins here, a lamb in the morning and a lamb at evening with flour, oil and wine, without a break. Numbers 28:3-6 repeats the order and calls it the continual burnt offering ordained in mount Sinai. The evening lamb fixed an hour that the rest of Scripture keeps returning to, at 1 Kings 18:36 where Elijah prays at the time of the evening sacrifice, at Ezra 9:4-5, and at Acts 3:1 where Peter and John go up to the temple at the ninth hour.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
This daily service, a lamb offered upon the altar every morning, and every evening, typified the continual intercession which Christ ever lives to make in the virtue of his satisfaction for the continual sanctification of his church: though he offered himself once for all, yet that one offering thus becomes a continual offering.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְזֶ֕ה | vezeh | and this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | [is that] which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה | taaseh | you will offer | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| כְּבָשִׂ֧ים | kevasim | lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁנָ֛ה | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שְׁנַ֥יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| לַיּ֖וֹם | laiyom | to the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| תָּמִֽיד׃ | tamid | continually | H8548 → | 104 times |
וְזֶ֕הand this
vezehH2088 →1180 times
אֲשֶׁ֥ר[is that] which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖הyou will offer
taasehH6213 →2628 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
כְּבָשִׂ֧יםlambs
kevasimH3532 →107 times
בְּנֵֽי־sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
שָׁנָ֛הa year
shanahH8141 →877 times
שְׁנַ֥יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
לַיּ֖וֹםto the day
laiyomH3117 →2304 times
תָּמִֽיד׃continually
tamidH8548 →104 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 12:11And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.
it leads to
- Daniel 11:31
His forces will rise up and desecrate the temple fortress. They will abolish the daily sacrifice and set up the abomination of desolation.
- Matthew 24:15
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
- Mark 13:14
So when you see the abomination of desolation standing where it should not be (let the reader understand), then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains.
- Daniel 9:27
And he will confirm a covenant with many for one week, but in the middle of the week he will put an end to sacrifice and offering. And on the wing of the temple…
- Revelation 11:2
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months.
- Daniel 11:31
Through
2 Chronicles 2:4Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making…
it leads to
- Exodus 30:7
And Aaron is to burn fragrant incense on it every morning when he tends the lamps.
- Exodus 25:30
And place the Bread of the Presence on the table before Me at all times.
- Exodus 30:7
Through
1 Chronicles 16:40to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel…
it leads to
- Numbers 28:3–8
And tell them that this is the offering made by fire you are to present to the LORD as a regular burnt offering each day: two unblemished year-old male lambs.
- Numbers 28:3–8
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About Exodus
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Alfred Edersheim, The Temple: Its Ministry and Services; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.