Numbers 29:9
in Numbers 29together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for the bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram,
KJV
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
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This verse in Numbers 29
Commentary
5 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
two-tenths of an ephah with the ram
The grain for the tenth day follows the same rates as the first. John Gill notes the same quantity of flour and oil for each animal. John Wesley describes the people afflicting themselves by fasting and abstinence, while the altar still received its fine flour mixed with oil.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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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And their meat offering,.... Which was of the same quantity of flour and oil, for a bullock, a ram, and a lamb, as for the meat offering on the first day of the month.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמִנְחָתָ֔ם | uminchatam | and grain offering their | H4503 → | 211 times |
| סֹ֖לֶת | solet | fine flour | H5560 → | 53 times |
| בְּלוּלָ֣ה | belulah | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַשָּׁ֑מֶן | vashamen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֤ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙ | ʾesronim | tenths [of an ephah] | H6241 → | 33 times |
| לַפָּ֔ר | lapar | for the young bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| שְׁנֵי֙ | shenei | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔ים | ʾesronim | tenths [of an ephah] | H6241 → | 33 times |
| לָאַ֖יִל | laayil | for the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| הָאֶחָֽד׃ | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
וּמִנְחָתָ֔םand grain offering their
uminchatamH4503 →211 times
סֹ֖לֶתfine flour
soletH5560 →53 times
בְּלוּלָ֣הmixed
belulahH1101 →43 times
בַשָּׁ֑מֶןwith <the> oil
vashamenH8081 →193 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֤הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙tenths [of an ephah]
ʾesronimH6241 →33 times
לַפָּ֔רfor the young bull
laparH6499 →132 times
שְׁנֵי֙two
sheneiH8147 →768 times
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֔יםtenths [of an ephah]
ʾesronimH6241 →33 times
לָאַ֖יִלfor the ram
laayilH352 →187 times
הָאֶחָֽד׃<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 Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Notes on the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.