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Exodus 29:38

in Exodus 29

This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

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

6 notes on this verse
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

This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day

on Exodus 29:38-41

The daily service begins here, one lamb “in the morning and the other at twilight,” with flour, oil and wine. The evening offering fixed an hour Scripture returns to, when Elijah prays at 1 Kings 18:36 and Peter and John go up at Acts 3:1.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

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.
Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Whether there were any other sacrifices to be offered or not, these were sure to be offered, at the public charge, for the benefit and comfort of all Israel, to make atonement for their daily sins, and to be an acknowledgement to God of their daily mercies. This was that which the duty of every day required.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

two lambs of the first year day by day continually--The sacred preliminaries being completed, Moses was instructed in the end or design to which these preparations were subservient, namely, the worship of God; and hence the institution of the morning and evening sacrifice.

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The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • 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.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

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 to keep.6 worksNumbers 28:3–8And 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.6 works2 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 burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.5 worksDaniel 12:11And from the time the daily sacrifice is abolished and the abomination of desolation set up, there will be 1,290 days.5 worksEzra 3:3They set up the altar on its foundation and sacrificed burnt offerings on it to the LORD—both the morning and evening burnt offerings—even though they feared the people of the land.4 works2 Chronicles 31:3The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.4 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 13:11Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.4 worksDaniel 9:27And 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 will come the abomination that causes desolation, until the decreed destruction is poured out upon him.”3 worksDaniel 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.2 worksHebrews 7:27Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.2 worksJohn 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!2 works1 Peter 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.2 worksEzra 3:4They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.2 worksLeviticus 4:24He is to lay his hand on the head of the goat and slaughter it at the place where the burnt offering is slaughtered before the LORD. It is a sin offering.2 worksRevelation 5:9–12And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.1 works

Where this verse connects

1 approved connection.

  • A picture of Christ

    John 1:29

    The daily lamb (morning and evening) prefigures 'the Lamb of God' offered once for all.

    Source: Exod 29:38-42; John 1:29; Habershon 1898

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 12:11

    And 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.

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 2:4

    Behold, 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.

  • Through

    1 Chronicles 16:40

    to 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 29 →

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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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