Numbers 28:7
in Numbers 28The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of strong drink unto Jehovah.
KJV
And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb: in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the Lord for a drink offering.
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This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The original of the word “strong wine” שׁכר shêkār is a term usually employed to describe strong drink other than wine (Lev 10:9 note). The Israelites in the wilderness had, in their lack of wine, substituted shechar made from barley for it. They had thus observed the spirit, though not the letter of the ordinance. The drink-offering was either poured round the foot of the altar; or on the altar, and so upon the flesh of the sacrifice by which the altar was covered (compare Exo 30:9).
This site's exposition
two lambs of the first year
on Numbers 28:3-8
Verse 6 dates this offering to mount Sinai, where Exodus 29:38-42 had already commanded the two lambs, so the schedule opens by repeating rather than by adding. The word rendered continual is the Hebrew tamid, and it governs the rest of the chapter, because every feast below is measured as something laid on top of it. Verse 7 calls for strong wine poured out in the holy place, and Barnes notes that the term usually names drink other than the grape, with barley drink standing in for wine in the desert. Paul takes up the poured drink offering for himself at Philippians 2:17 and 2 Timothy 4:6.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The wine must be strong (says Ainsworth) because it was a figure of the blood of Christ, the memorial of which is still left to the church in wine, and of the blood of the martyrs, which was poured out as a drink-offering upon the sacrifice and service of our faith, Phil. ii.
And the drink offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Strong wine - Sikera; see the note on Lev 10:9, where this is largely explained.
The words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְנִסְכּוֹ֙ | venisko | and drink offering its | H5262 → | 64 times |
| רְבִיעִ֣ת | reviit | [will be] [the] fourth of | H7243 → | 56 times |
| הַהִ֔ין | hahin | <the> hin | H1969 → | 22 times |
| לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ | lakeves | for the lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| בַּקֹּ֗דֶשׁ | bakodesh | in the holy place | H6944 → | 469 times |
| הַסֵּ֛ךְ | hasekh | pour out | H5258 → | |
| נֶ֥סֶךְ | nesekh | a drink offering of | H5262 → | 64 times |
| שֵׁכָ֖ר | shekhar | strong drink | H7941 → | 23 times |
| לַיהוָֽה׃ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְנִסְכּוֹ֙and drink offering its
veniskoH5262 →64 times
רְבִיעִ֣ת[will be] [the] fourth of
reviitH7243 →56 times
הַהִ֔ין<the> hin
hahinH1969 →22 times
לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂfor the lamb
lakevesH3532 →107 times
הָאֶחָ֑ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
בַּקֹּ֗דֶשׁin the holy place
bakodeshH6944 →469 times
הַסֵּ֛ךְpour out
hasekhH5258 →
נֶ֥סֶךְa drink offering of
nesekhH5262 →64 times
שֵׁכָ֖רstrong drink
shekharH7941 →23 times
לַיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 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
Philippians 2:17But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
- Hebrews 13:15–16
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy…
- 2 Corinthians 12:15
And for the sake of your souls, I will most gladly spend my money and myself. If I love you more, will you love me less?
- 1 John 3:16
By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.
- 2 Timothy 4:6
Through
Exodus 30:9On this altar you must not offer unauthorized incense or a burnt offering or grain offering; nor are you to pour a drink offering on it.
it leads to
- Leviticus 10:1
Now Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu took their censers, put fire in them and added incense, and offered unauthorized fire before the LORD, contrary to His command.
- Leviticus 10:1
Through
Exodus 29:42For the generations to come, this burnt offering shall be made regularly at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting before the LORD, where I will meet you to speak with you.
it leads to
- Exodus 25:22
And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you…
- Exodus 25:22
Through
Exodus 29:40With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
it leads to
- Philippians 2:17
But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
- Philippians 2:17
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.