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Numbers 28:9

On the Sabbath day, present two unblemished year-old male lambs, accompanied by a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil, as well as a drink offering.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God addresses Moses and the Israelites within the wilderness tabernacle regulations, specifying the ritual sequence following the morning sacrifice.

The words — תְּמִימִ֑ם (te.mi.Mim) denotes unblemished, and בְּנֵֽי־שָנָ֖ה (be.nei-shanah) literally means sons of a year.

The thread — The text explicitly ties this Sabbath requirement to the daily burnt offering in Numbers 28:10, while Exodus 20:8 commands Sabbath observance and Psalms 92:1 associates the day with praise.

Why it lands — The passage requires readers to recognize the Sabbath as a day of prescribed worship rather than ordinary activity, demanding exact adherence to the specified offerings.

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The Hebrew words

וּבְיוֹם֙u./ve./yOmand/ on/ [the] day ofהַשַּׁבָּ֔תha./sha.Batthe/ sabbathשְׁנֵֽי־she.nei-twoכְבָשִׂ֥יםkhe.va.Simlambsבְּנֵֽי־be.nei-sons ofשָׁנָ֖הsha.Naha yearתְּמִימִ֑םte.mi.Mimunblemishedוּשְׁנֵ֣יu./she.Neiand/ twoעֶשְׂרֹנִ֗ים'es.ro.Nimtenths [of an ephah]סֹ֧לֶתSo.letfine flourמִנְחָ֛הmin.Chaha grain offeringבְּלוּלָ֥הbe.lu.Lahmixedבַשֶּׁ֖מֶןva./She.menwith <the>/ oilוְנִסְכּֽוֹ׃ve./nis.K/oand/ drink offering/ its

King James Version

And on the sabbath day two lambs of the first year without spot, and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, and the drink offering thereof:

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