Numbers 29:3

together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — God instructs Moses and the Israelites on the exact grain portions to accompany the burnt offerings for a designated festival day.

The words — מִנְחָתָם (mincha'tam) translates to "and their grain offering," while סֹ֖לֶת (solet) denotes the "fine flour" that forms the base of the offering.

The thread — Numbers 29:3 specifies the proportional grain and oil amounts that accompany the primary animal sacrifices for this festival, continuing the pattern established in Numbers 29:2 and mirrored in Numbers 29:4.

Why it lands — It requires the reader to recognize the precise, non-negotiable measurements demanded for worship, where the quantity of the grain offering scales directly with the size of the animal presented.

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The Hebrew words

וּמִנְחָתָ֔םu./min.cha.Ta/mand/ grain offering/ their סֹ֖לֶתSo.letfine flour בְּלוּלָ֣הbe.lu.Lahmixed בַשָּׁ֑מֶןva./Sha.menwith <the>/ oil שְׁלֹשָׁ֤הshe.lo.Shahthree עֶשְׂרֹנִים֙'es.ro.Nimtenths [of an ephah]לַפָּ֔רla./Parfor the/ young bull שְׁנֵ֥יshe.Neitwo עֶשְׂרֹנִ֖ים'es.ro.Nimtenths [of an ephah]לָאָֽיִל׃la./'A.yilfor the/ ram

King James Version

And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,