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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,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God commands Moses and the Israelites on the first day of the seventh month to gather for a sacred assembly with trumpet blasts and abstain from regular work before specifying the required sacrifices.

The words — The Hebrew verb וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם (va./'a.si.Tem) means "you will offer," and the phrase לְ/רֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ (le./Rei.ach ni.Cho.ach) literally translates to "to a soothing odor."

The thread — This exact count of one young bull, one ram, and seven unblemished year-old lambs recurs in Numbers 29:8, while Numbers 28:19 and Numbers 28:27 prescribe two young bulls for other festival occasions.

Why it lands — The text commands a precise sacrificial inventory to be presented before Yahweh, requiring strict compliance with the specified animals and their unblemished condition.

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The Hebrew words

וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨םva./'a.si.Temand/ you will offerעֹלָ֜ה'o.Laha burnt offeringלְרֵ֤יחַle./Rei.achto/ an odor ofנִיחֹ֙חַ֙ni.Cho.achsoothingלַֽיהוָ֔הla./Yah.wehto/ Yahwehפַּ֧רpara young bullבֶּן־ben-a young one ofבָּקָ֛רba.Karcattleאֶחָ֖ד'e.Chadoneאַ֣יִל'A.yila ramאֶחָ֑ד'e.Chadoneכְּבָשִׂ֧יםke.va.Simlambsבְּנֵי־be.nei-sons ofשָׁנָ֛הsha.Naha yearשִׁבְעָ֖הshiv.'Ahsevenתְּמִימִֽם׃te.mi.Mimunblemished

King James Version

And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the Lord; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:

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