Numbers 29:13
in Numbers 29As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and ye shall offer a burnt-offering, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, fourteen he-lambs a year old; they shall be without blemish;
KJV
And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:
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This verse in Numbers 29
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month
on Numbers 29:12-16
The Feast of Tabernacles opens with thirteen young bulls, the largest offering in the calendar. The bulls then fall by one each day to seven, while the rams hold at two and the lambs at fourteen.
This site's exposition
thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown give two reasons for the size of this offering. The feast fell at the year's end and might supply past deficiencies, and it followed the ingathering and called for liberal thanks. John Calvin calls it the chief festival, which recalled the forty years in the desert.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Commentary On Chapter XXIX 6. Of the month - Belonging to every new moon. Afflict your souls - Yourselves, by fasting and abstinence from all delightful things, and by compunction for your sins, and the judgments of God, either deserved by you or inflicted upon you.
And ye shall offer a burnt offering,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
on the fifteenth day--was to be held the feast of booths or tabernacles. The feast was to last seven days, the first and last of which were to be kept as Sabbaths, and a particular offering was prescribed for each day, the details of which are given with a minuteness suited to the infant state of the church.
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The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם | vehikravtem | and you will bring near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| עֹלָ֜ה | ʾolah | a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| אִשֵּׁ֨ה | ʾisheh | a fire offering of | H801 → | 65 times |
| רֵ֤יחַ | reiach | an odor of | H7381 → | 58 times |
| נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ | nichoach | soothing | H5207 → | 43 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| פָּרִ֧ים | parim | young bulls | H6499 → | 132 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | young ones of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָקָ֛ר | vakar | cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה | sheloshah | thir- | H7969 → | 432 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אֵילִ֣ם | ʾeilim | rams | H352 → | 187 times |
| שְׁנָ֑יִם | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| כְּבָשִׂ֧ים | kevasim | lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁנָ֛ה | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| אַרְבָּעָ֥ה | ʾarbaah | four- | H702 → | 318 times |
| עָשָׂ֖ר | ʾasar | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| תְּמִימִ֥ם | temimim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
| יִהְיֽוּ׃ | yihyu | they will be | H1961 → | 3559 times |
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨םand you will bring near
vehikravtemH7126 →280 times
עֹלָ֜הa burnt offering
ʾolahH5930 →287 times
אִשֵּׁ֨הa fire offering of
ʾishehH801 →65 times
רֵ֤יחַan odor of
reiachH7381 →58 times
נִיחֹ֙חַ֙soothing
nichoachH5207 →43 times
לַֽיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
פָּרִ֧יםyoung bulls
parimH6499 →132 times
בְּנֵי־young ones of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
בָקָ֛רcattle
vakarH1241 →183 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֥הthir-
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
עָשָׂ֖רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
אֵילִ֣םrams
ʾeilimH352 →187 times
שְׁנָ֑יִםtwo
shenayimH8147 →768 times
כְּבָשִׂ֧יםlambs
kevasimH3532 →107 times
בְּנֵֽי־sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
שָׁנָ֛הa year
shanahH8141 →877 times
אַרְבָּעָ֥הfour-
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
עָשָׂ֖רteen
ʾasarH6240 →338 times
תְּמִימִ֥םunblemished
temimimH8549 →91 times
יִהְיֽוּ׃they will be
yihyuH1961 →3559 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
Romans 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
it leads to
- 1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.
- Romans 6:13
Do not present the parts of your body to sin as instruments of wickedness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life; and present the parts of…
- 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 6:19
I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now…
- Ephesians 4:1
As a prisoner in the Lord, then, I urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling you have received:
- 1 Peter 2:5
Through
Numbers 29:8Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
it leads to
- Numbers 28:19
Present to the LORD an offering made by fire, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Numbers 28:19
Through
Ezra 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.
it leads to
- Exodus 23:16
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year,…
- Numbers 29:12–38
On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
- Exodus 23:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
