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Numbers 29:22

Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offering.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God instructs Moses on the daily sacrificial routine during the festival period. The directive specifies the exact animals and offerings required for each day of the observance.

The words — The Hebrew שְׂעִיר (s'ir) identifies a male goat designated as a חַטָּאת (chatat), or sin offering. It is to be presented מִלְּבַד (milvad), meaning besides or in addition to, the עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד (olat hataamid), the continual burnt offering.

The thread — This sequence follows the grain and drink offerings for bulls, rams, and lambs in Numbers 29:21 and precedes the fourth-day requirements in Numbers 29:23. The practice of pouring out libations is later condemned in Psalms 16:4 and noted as absent during the priestly mourning in Joel 1:9 and Joel 1:13.

Why it lands — The verse commands the precise addition of a sin offering to the established daily ritual without explanation. Readers must track the strict maintenance of sacrificial protocol across the festival days.

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The Hebrew words

וּשְׂעִ֥ירu./se.'Irand/ a male goat ofחַטָּ֖אתcha.Tata sin offeringאֶחָ֑ד'e.Chadoneמִלְּבַד֙mi./le./Vad<from>/ <to>/ besidesעֹלַ֣ת'o.Lat[the] burnt offering ofהַתָּמִ֔ידha./ta.Mid<the>/ continuityוּמִנְחָתָ֖הּu./min.cha.Ta/hand/ grain offering/ itsוְנִסְכָּֽהּ׃ סve./nis.Ka/hand/ drink offering/ its

King James Version

And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, and his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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