Bible Strands

Numbers 28:14

Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Yahweh dictates to Moses the exact liquid measurements required for the monthly new moon sacrifices.

The words — חֲצִי (cha.Tzi) means “half of,” and הַ/הִין (ha./Hin) specifies the standard liquid unit called a hin.

The thread — Numbers 28:14 ties the new moon cycle to the established sacrificial calendar, scaling the wine portion downward from bull to ram to lamb.

Why it lands — It requires strict adherence to the graduated measurements, eliminating personal discretion from the monthly worship routine.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And their drink offerings shall be half an hin of wine unto a bullock, and the third part of an hin unto a ram, and a fourth part of an hin unto a lamb: this is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.