Leviticus 23:38

These offerings are in addition to the offerings for the LORD’s Sabbaths, and in addition to your gifts, to all your vow offerings, and to all the freewill offerings you give to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses and the Israelites while concluding the catalog of sacred assemblies in Leviticus 23. He clarifies the structural relationship between the newly described festival sacrifices and the existing covenant obligations.

The words — מִלְּבַד (mi.le.vad) translates literally as "besides" or "in addition to," and שַׁבְּתֹת (sha.betot) means "the sabbaths." The text uses these terms to establish that the upcoming offerings supplement rather than replace prior sacred duties.

The thread — This pattern of adding to fixed sacred times appears in Numbers 29:39, which repeats the same structural rule. The foundational Sabbath framework referenced here traces back to Genesis 2:2 and Exodus 20:8.

Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to account for new commands as additions to existing obligations, not replacements. It demands precise, cumulative observance of appointed times without discarding prior requirements.

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The Hebrew words

מִלְּבַ֖דmi./le./Vad<from>/ <to>/ besides שַׁבְּתֹ֣תsha.be.Tot[the] sabbaths of יְּהוָ֑הYah.wehYahweh וּמִלְּבַ֣דu./mi./le./Vadand/ <from>/ <to>/ besides מַתְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗םma.te.no.tei./Khemgifts/ your וּמִלְּבַ֤דu./mi./le./Vadand/ <from>/ <to>/ besides כָּל־kol-all נִדְרֵיכֶם֙nid.rei./Khemvows/ your וּמִלְּבַד֙u./mi./le./Vadand/ <from>/ <to>/ besides כָּל־kol-all נִדְב֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םnid.Vo.tei./Khemfreewill offerings/ your אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.Sherwhich תִּתְּנ֖וּti.te.Nuyou will give לַיהוָֽה׃la./Yah.wehto/ Yahweh

King James Version

Beside the sabbaths of the Lord, and beside your gifts, and beside all your vows, and beside all your freewill offerings, which ye give unto the Lord.

Cross-references

Numbers 29:39 You are to present these offerings to the LORD at your appointed times, in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt offerings, grain offerings, drink offerings, or peace offerings.”
Genesis 2:2 And by the seventh day God had finished the work He had been doing; so on that day He rested from all His work.
Exodus 20:8 Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy.
Leviticus 19:3 Each of you must respect his mother and father, and you must keep My Sabbaths. I am the LORD your God.
Leviticus 23:3 For six days work may be done, but the seventh day is a Sabbath of complete rest, a day of sacred assembly. You must not do any work; wherever you live, it is a Sabbath to the LORD.
Deuteronomy 12:6 To that place you are to bring your burnt offerings and sacrifices, your tithes and heave offerings, your vow offerings and freewill offerings, as well as the firstborn of your herds and flocks.
1 Chronicles 29:3 Moreover, because of my delight in the house of my God, I now give for it my personal treasures of gold and silver, over and above all that I have provided for this holy temple:
2 Chronicles 35:7 From his own flocks and herds Josiah contributed 30,000 lambs and goats plus 3,000 bulls for the Passover offerings for all the people who were present.
Ezra 2:68 When they arrived at the house of the LORD in Jerusalem, some of the heads of the families gave freewill offerings to rebuild the house of God on its original site.