Numbers 28:11
in Numbers 28At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
KJV
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
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This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The New-moon offering is here also commanded for the first time. The goat as a sin-offering, though mentioned last, would seem in fact to have been offered first (compare the precedents in Exo. 29; Lev. 5; 8; 9; 14; 16). The sin-offering, which Num 15:22-26 had been contemplated in cases where a sin had been committed ignorantly without the knowledge of the congregation, was henceforth not to be offered merely at discretion, as circumstances might seem to require, but to be regularly repeated, not less frequently than once a month.
This site's exposition
At the beginning of every month
on Numbers 28:11-15
The monthly offering is new here, and its "one male goat" writes atonement into the calendar month by month. Colossians 2:16 names "a New Moon" with a feast and a Sabbath when it tells the church to let no one judge them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The beginning of the month was known, not by astronomical calculations, but, according to Jewish writers, by the testimony of messengers appointed to watch the first visible appearance of the new moon; and then the fact was announced through the whole country by signal-fires kindled on the mountain tops.
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
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְרָאשֵׁי֙ | uverashei | and at [the] beginnings of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֔ם | chadesheikhem | months your | H2320 → | 284 times |
| תַּקְרִ֥יבוּ | takrivu | you will bring near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| עֹלָ֖ה | ʾolah | a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| לַיהוָ֑ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| פָּרִ֨ים | parim | young bulls | H6499 → | 132 times |
| בְּנֵֽי־ | benei- | young ones of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָקָ֤ר | vakar | cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| שְׁנַ֙יִם֙ | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| וְאַ֣יִל | veayil | and a ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| אֶחָ֔ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| כְּבָשִׂ֧ים | kevasim | lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁנָ֛ה | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שִׁבְעָ֖ה | shivah | seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| תְּמִימִֽם׃ | temimim | unblemished | H8549 → | 91 times |
וּבְרָאשֵׁי֙and at [the] beginnings of
uverasheiH7218 →599 times
חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֔םmonths your
chadesheikhemH2320 →284 times
תַּקְרִ֥יבוּyou will bring near
takrivuH7126 →280 times
עֹלָ֖הa burnt offering
ʾolahH5930 →287 times
לַיהוָ֑הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
פָּרִ֨יםyoung bulls
parimH6499 →132 times
בְּנֵֽי־young ones of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
בָקָ֤רcattle
vakarH1241 →183 times
שְׁנַ֙יִם֙two
shenayimH8147 →768 times
וְאַ֣יִלand a ram
veayilH352 →187 times
אֶחָ֔דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
כְּבָשִׂ֧יםlambs
kevasimH3532 →107 times
בְּנֵי־sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
שָׁנָ֛הa year
shanahH8141 →877 times
שִׁבְעָ֖הseven
shivahH7651 →394 times
תְּמִימִֽם׃unblemished
temimimH8549 →91 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
Numbers 10:10And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you…
it leads to
- Psalms 81:3
Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
- Ezra 3:10
When the builders had laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites (the sons of Asaph) with cymbals, took their positions to praise…
- 1 Corinthians 11:24–26
and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, “This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
- 2 Chronicles 29:28
The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed.
- Psalms 81:3
Through
2 Kings 4:23“Why would you go to him today?” he replied. “It is not a New Moon or a Sabbath.” “Everything is all right,” she said.
it leads to
- Numbers 10:10
And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you…
- 1 Chronicles 23:31
Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
- Numbers 10:10
Through
Ezekiel 46:6On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 46:1
“This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The gate of the inner court that faces east must be kept shut during the six days of work, but on the Sabbath day and on the…
- Ezekiel 46:1
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).