Numbers 29:10
in Numbers 29and a tenth of an ephah with each of the seven lambs.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
a tenth part for every lamb of the seven lambs:
KJV
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
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This verse in Numbers 29
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Its institution, together with the observance to which that day was devoted, was described (Le 16:29, 30). But additional offerings seem to be noticed, namely, the large animal sacrifice for a general expiation, which was a sweet savor unto the Lord, and the sin offering to atone for the sins that mingled with that day's services.
This site's exposition
you shall humble yourselves
on Numbers 29:7-11
On the day the nation's sin is put away, verse 11 still asks for "one male goat for a sin offering". Hebrews 10:1-4 takes up that repetition: "it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins."
This site's exposition
with each of the seven lambs
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown call these prescriptions supplementary to the account of the day in Leviticus. Matthew Henry makes a rule of such passages: a reader must lay them side by side, since later light supplies what earlier passages left out.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
For in our faith and repentance, those two great gospel graces which were signified by that day's performances, we must have an eye to the glory and honour of God, which was purely intended in the burnt-offerings; there was likewise to be a kid of the goats for a sin-offering, besides the great sin-offering of atonement (
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The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עִשָּׂרוֹן֙ | ʾisaron | a tenth | H6241 → | 33 times |
| עִשָּׂר֔וֹן | isaron | a tenth | H6241 → | 33 times |
| לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ | lakeves | for the lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| לְשִׁבְעַ֖ת | leshivat | for [the] seven | H7651 → | 394 times |
| הַכְּבָשִֽׂים׃ | hakevasim | the lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
עִשָּׂרוֹן֙a tenth
ʾisaronH6241 →33 times
עִשָּׂר֔וֹןa tenth
isaronH6241 →33 times
לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂfor the lamb
lakevesH3532 →107 times
הָאֶחָ֑ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
לְשִׁבְעַ֖תfor [the] seven
leshivatH7651 →394 times
הַכְּבָשִֽׂים׃the lambs
hakevasimH3532 →107 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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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Matthew Henry, Complete Commentary.