Numbers 29:13

As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God, through Moses, addresses Israel on the first day of the seventh-month sacred assembly, initiating the seven-day feast.

The words — רֵ֤יחַ (Rei.ach) = an odor of, and נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ (ni.Cho.ach) = soothing, which the text uses to describe the burnt offering’s effect before Yahweh.

The thread — The sacrificial pattern repeats in Numbers 28:11 and 28:19 for other appointed times, while Ezra 3:4 records the returned exiles maintaining daily burnt offerings during the same feast.

Why it lands — The text commands exact numerical compliance for the first day’s sacrifices and explicitly states the offering functions as a pleasing aroma to Yahweh, leaving no room for improvisation in the ritual.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; thirteen young bullocks, two rams, and fourteen lambs of the first year; they shall be without blemish:

Cross-references

Numbers 28:11 At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
Ezra 3:4 They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
Numbers 28:19 Present to the LORD a food offering, a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished.
Numbers 28:27 Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,
Numbers 29:2 As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
Numbers 29:8 Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
Romans 12:1 Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
Hebrews 10:12 But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.