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Exodus 29:41
And offer the second lamb at twilight with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning, as a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses and Aaron on the daily sacrificial routine for the consecration of the priesthood and the tabernacle. The command specifies the exact timing and composition of the second daily offering.
The words — The phrase בֵּין הָעַרְבָּיִם (ben ha'arbayim) literally means "between the evenings." It anchors the timing of the second lamb offering to a specific transitional period of the day.
The thread — This evening sacrifice pattern appears later in 1 Kings 18:29 and 1 Kings 18:36 during the contest on Mount Carmel, and in 2 Kings 16:15 when King Ahaz institutionalizes the daily offerings.
Why it lands — The text requires the Israelites to maintain a fixed daily rhythm of worship through repeated, unadorned ritual. It establishes obedience as a matter of consistent practice rather than spontaneous emotion.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And the other lamb thou shalt offer at even, and shalt do thereto according to the meat offering of the morning, and according to the drink offering thereof, for a sweet savour, an offering made by fire unto the Lord.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 18:29 Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
- 1 Kings 18:36 At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
- 2 Kings 16:15 Then King Ahaz commanded Uriah the priest, “Offer on the great altar the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, and the king’s burnt offering and grain offering, as well as the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and drink offerings of all the people of the land. Splatter on the altar all the blood of the burnt offerings and sacrifices. But I will use the bronze altar to seek guidance.”
- Ezra 9:4 Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
- Psalms 141:2 May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.
- Ezekiel 46:13 And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning.
- Daniel 9:21 while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.