Bible Strands
Numbers 29:20
On the third day you are to present eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God instructs Moses to specify the exact animal count for the third day of the festival, continuing the sacrificial sequence initiated in the preceding day.
The words — הַשְּׁלִישִׁי (ha.shelishi) = the third, and פָּרִים (parim) = young bulls, establishing the precise temporal marker and primary offering type.
The thread — This day-specific offering pattern continues in Numbers 29:21, which mandates corresponding grain and drink offerings for each animal.
Why it lands — The text demands exact compliance with the prescribed count, requiring the reader to recognize that worship here operates through strict numerical and material boundaries.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And on the third day eleven bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without blemish;