Bible Strands
Numbers 28:4
Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses to tell the Israelites the daily requirements for the regular burnt offering. The command specifies the exact times for presenting the two required lambs each day.
The words — כֶּבֶשׂ (keves) = lamb, and שֵׁנִי (sheni) = second. תַּעֲשֶׂה (ta'aseh) = you will offer.
The thread — The twilight timing recurs in Exodus 12:6 for the Passover lamb, Numbers 9:3 for the second Passover observance, and Daniel 9:21 during Daniel’s evening prayer.
Why it lands — It requires exact adherence to a twice-daily sacrificial schedule. The text establishes a fixed ritual rhythm that demands consistent obedience to prescribed times.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
Cross-references
- 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.
- Exodus 12:6 You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
- Numbers 9:3 You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
- 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.
- 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.