Numbers 28:12
in Numbers 28along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with the ram,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram;
KJV
And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;
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This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA 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.
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.
This site's exposition
three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour
The grain offering grows with the animal: three-tenths of an ephah for a bull, two-tenths for a ram and one tenth for a lamb. John Gill notes that the same scale returns for the Passover offerings at verse 20. The measure follows the animal.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And three tenth deals of fine flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock,....
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | usheloshah | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| עֶשְׂרֹנִ֗ים | ʾesronim | tenths [of an ephah] | H6241 → | 33 times |
| סֹ֤לֶת | solet | fine flour | H5560 → | 53 times |
| מִנְחָה֙ | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| בְּלוּלָ֣ה | belulah | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַשֶּׁ֔מֶן | vashemen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| לַפָּ֖ר | lapar | for the young bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| וּשְׁנֵ֣י | ushenei | and two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עֶשְׂרֹנִ֗ים | ʾesronim | tenths [of an ephah] | H6241 → | 33 times |
| סֹ֤לֶת | solet | fine flour | H5560 → | 53 times |
| מִנְחָה֙ | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| בְּלוּלָ֣ה | belulah | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַשֶּׁ֔מֶן | vashemen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| לָאַ֖יִל | laayil | for the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| הָֽאֶחָֽד׃ | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הand three
usheloshahH7969 →432 times
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֗יםtenths [of an ephah]
ʾesronimH6241 →33 times
סֹ֤לֶתfine flour
soletH5560 →53 times
מִנְחָה֙a grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
בְּלוּלָ֣הmixed
belulahH1101 →43 times
בַשֶּׁ֔מֶןwith <the> oil
vashemenH8081 →193 times
לַפָּ֖רfor the young bull
laparH6499 →132 times
הָאֶחָ֑ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
וּשְׁנֵ֣יand two
usheneiH8147 →768 times
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֗יםtenths [of an ephah]
ʾesronimH6241 →33 times
סֹ֤לֶתfine flour
soletH5560 →53 times
מִנְחָה֙a grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
בְּלוּלָ֣הmixed
belulahH1101 →43 times
בַשֶּׁ֔מֶןwith <the> oil
vashemenH8081 →193 times
לָאַ֖יִלfor the ram
laayilH352 →187 times
הָֽאֶחָֽד׃<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on 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).