Numbers 28:9
in Numbers 28On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And on the sabbath day two he-lambs a year old without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof:
KJV
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:
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This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
6 notes on this verseWhat was omitted in the former passage is here supplied, i.e., that on the Sabbath the continual sacrifice was to be doubled, and two lambs offered instead of one; for it was reasonable that, as the seventh day was peculiarly dedicated to God, it should be exalted above other days by some extraordinary and distinctive mark.
This site's exposition
on the sabbath day two lambs
on Numbers 28:9-10
No sabbath burnt offering had been commanded before this verse, a point Barnes and the Jamieson, Fausset and Brown commentary each make. The seventh day is marked by doubling the daily lambs rather than by an offering of another kind, so it carries the same rite at twice the measure. Ezekiel 46:4-5 gives six lambs and a ram for the sabbath in the temple vision, a larger reckoning than this one, and Matthew Henry reads that increase as sabbath keeping enlarged rather than ended.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
For because they could not have borne it, if when He was giving the law for the Sabbath, He had said, "Do your good works on the Sabbath, but do not the works which are evil," therefore He restrained them from all alike for, "Ye must do nothing at all," saith He: and not even so were they kept in order. But He Himself, in the very act of giving the law of the Sabbath, did even therein darkly signify that He will have them refrain from the evil works only, by the saying, "Ye must do no work, except what shall be done for your life." And in the temple too all went on, and with more diligence and double toil. Thus even by the very shadow He was secretly opening unto them the truth.
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
In Ezekiel's temple-service, which points at gospel times, the sabbath offerings were to be six lambs and a ram, with their meat-offerings, and drink-offerings ( Ezek. xlvi. 4, 5 ), to intimate not only the continuance, but the advancement, of sabbath sanctification in the days of the Messiah. This is the burnt-offering of the sabbath in his sabbath, so it is in the original,
And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
The Sabbath-offering, not previously enjoined, consisted of two lambs, properly accompanied, in addition to the regular daily offering.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
This is the burnt-offering on its [ which is done on ] Shabbos, in addition to the constant (daily) burnt-offering and its libation.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 7 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְיוֹם֙ | uveyom | and on [the] day of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת | hashabat | the sabbath | H7676 → | 110 times |
| שְׁנֵֽי־ | shenei- | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| כְבָשִׂ֥ים | khevasim | lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| תְּמִימִ֑ם | temimim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| וּשְׁנֵ֣י | ushenei | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עֶשְׂרֹנִ֗ים | ʾesronim | tenths [of an ephah] | H6241 → | 33 times |
| סֹ֧לֶת | solet | fine flour | H5560 → | 53 times |
| מִנְחָ֛ה | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| בְּלוּלָ֥ה | belulah | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַשֶּׁ֖מֶן | vashemen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| וְנִסְכּֽוֹ׃ | venisko | and drink offering its | H5262 → | 64 times |
וּבְיוֹם֙and on [the] day of
uveyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשַּׁבָּ֔תthe sabbath
hashabatH7676 →110 times
שְׁנֵֽי־two
shenei-H8147 →768 times
כְבָשִׂ֥יםlambs
khevasimH3532 →107 times
בְּנֵֽי־sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
שָׁנָ֖הa year
shanahH8141 →877 times
תְּמִימִ֑םunblemished
temimimH8549 →91 times
וּשְׁנֵ֣יand two
usheneiH8147 →768 times
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֗יםtenths [of an ephah]
ʾesronimH6241 →33 times
סֹ֧לֶתfine flour
soletH5560 →53 times
מִנְחָ֛הa grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
בְּלוּלָ֥הmixed
belulahH1101 →43 times
בַשֶּׁ֖מֶןwith <the> oil
vashemenH8081 →193 times
וְנִסְכּֽוֹ׃and drink offering its
veniskoH5262 →64 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
Isaiah 58:13If you turn your foot from breaking the Sabbath, from doing as you please on My holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight, and the LORD’s holy day honorable, if you honor…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:21–27
This is what the LORD says: Take heed for yourselves; do not carry a load or bring it through the gates of Jerusalem on the Sabbath day.
- Psalms 92:1–2
It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
- Isaiah 56:2–6
Blessed is the man who does this, and the son of man who holds it fast, who keeps the Sabbath without profaning it and keeps his hand from doing any evil.”
- Nehemiah 13:15–22
In those days I saw people in Judah treading winepresses on the Sabbath and bringing in grain and loading it on donkeys, along with wine, grapes, and figs. All kinds of goods were being…
- Revelation 1:10
On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
- Jeremiah 17:21–27
Through
Revelation 1:10On the Lord’s day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet,
it leads to
- Revelation 21:10
And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
- Revelation 4:1–2
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show…
- 2 Corinthians 12:2–4
I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.
- Revelation 21:10
About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Chrysostom, Homily on Matthew 39; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.