Numbers 29:31

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 — Moses delivers this instruction to the Israelites as part of a detailed festival calendar specifying the exact sacrifices to be presented at the tabernacle.

The words — The text commands one (אֶחָד, echad) male goat (שְׂעִיר, se'ir) to be presented as a sin offering (חַטָּאת, chatta'at) that must be added besides (מִלְּבַד, milləvad) the continual burnt offering (הַתָּמִיד, hatāmid) along with its grain (מִנְחָתָהּ, minchātāh) and drink offerings (וּנְסָכֶיהָ, ūnəśāḵeāh).

The thread — This structural pattern of layering a sin offering over the established daily sacrifice and its accompanying grain and drink offerings repeats throughout the Numbers 28–29 festival calendar.

Why it lands — The text requires the worshiper to accept that atonement sacrifices supplement rather than substitute the fixed daily obligations of the community.

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The Hebrew words

וּשְׂעִ֥ירu./se.'Irand/ a male goat of חַטָּ֖אתcha.Tata sin offering אֶחָ֑ד'e.Chadone מִלְּבַד֙mi./le./Vad<from>/ <to>/ besides עֹלַ֣ת'o.Lat[the] burnt offering of הַתָּמִ֔ידha./ta.Mid<the>/ continuity מִנְחָתָ֖הּmin.cha.Ta/hgrain offering/ its וּנְסָכֶֽיהָ׃ פu./ne.sa.Khei./haand/ drink offerings/ its

King James Version

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