Numbers 28:13
in Numbers 28and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and a tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering unto every lamb; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.
KJV
And a several tenth deal of flour mingled with oil for a meat offering unto one lamb; for a burnt offering of a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the Lord.
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This verse in Numbers 28
Commentary
3 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
a tenth of an ephah of fine flour
The lamb takes the smallest measure, one tenth of an ephah, as at the daily offering in verse 5. Matthew Henry reports Bishop Patrick's observation that the chapter appoints no peace offerings. Burnt offerings were wholly for God, and Henry calls them confessions of His dominion.
The words behind it
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְעִשָּׂרֹ֣ן | veisaron | and a tenth [of an ephah] | H6241 → | 33 times |
| עִשָּׂר֗וֹן | isaron | a tenth [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 |
| לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ | lakeves | for the lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| עֹלָה֙ | ʾolah | a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| רֵ֣יחַ | reiach | an odor of | H7381 → | 58 times |
| נִיחֹ֔חַ | nichoach | soothing | H5207 → | 43 times |
| אִשֶּׁ֖ה | ʾisheh | a fire offering | H801 → | 65 times |
| לַיהוָֽה׃ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְעִשָּׂרֹ֣ןand a tenth [of an ephah]
veisaronH6241 →33 times
עִשָּׂר֗וֹןa tenth [of an ephah]
isaronH6241 →33 times
סֹ֤לֶתfine flour
soletH5560 →53 times
מִנְחָה֙a grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
בְּלוּלָ֣הmixed
belulahH1101 →43 times
בַשֶּׁ֔מֶןwith <the> oil
vashemenH8081 →193 times
לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂfor the lamb
lakevesH3532 →107 times
הָאֶחָ֑ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
עֹלָה֙a burnt offering
ʾolahH5930 →287 times
רֵ֣יחַan odor of
reiachH7381 →58 times
נִיחֹ֔חַsoothing
nichoachH5207 →43 times
אִשֶּׁ֖הa fire offering
ʾishehH801 →65 times
לַיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 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 Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.