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Exodus 29:40
With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses and Aaron on the precise daily offerings to accompany the morning lamb sacrifice at the tabernacle entrance.
The words — The text commands a tenth of an ephah of fine flour (סֹלֶת, solet) mixed (בָּלוּל, balul) with oil from pressed olives and a quarter hin of wine for the drink offering (נֵסֶךְ, nesekh).
The thread — This exact measure is repeated for the evening lamb in Exodus 29:41, and the New Testament later adopts the drink offering language metaphorically in Philippians 2:17.
Why it lands — It requires the worshiper to adhere to exact measurements for grain and liquid offerings, establishing that prescribed worship leaves no room for arbitrary substitution.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
Cross-references
- Philippians 2:17 But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
- Leviticus 23:13 along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
- Isaiah 57:6 Your portion is among the smooth stones of the valley; indeed, they are your lot. Even to them you have poured out a drink offering and offered a grain offering. Should I relent because of these?
- Ezekiel 45:17 And it shall be the prince’s part to provide the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings for the feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths—for all the appointed feasts of the house of Israel. He will provide the sin offerings, grain offerings, burnt offerings, and peace offerings to make atonement for the house of Israel.
- Ezekiel 46:14 You are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute.
- Joel 2:14 Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
- Genesis 35:14 So Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God had spoken with him—a stone marker—and he poured out a drink offering on it and anointed it with oil.
- Exodus 16:36 (Now an omer is a tenth of an ephah.)
- Exodus 30:24 500 shekels of cassia—all according to the sanctuary shekel—and a hin of olive oil.
- Numbers 6:15 together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—and a basket of unleavened cakes made from fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers coated with oil.