Bible Strands
Numbers 29:34
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 to relay ritual requirements to the Israelites during the seventh day of the feast. The directive follows the specific animal counts for the preceding six days and immediately precedes the eighth-day solemn assembly.
The words — The text specifies חַטָּאת (chatat) as a sin offering and הַתָּמִיד (hatamid) as the continual burnt offering. These terms anchor the ritual to a mandatory, recurring atonement practice layered over the standard daily sacrifice.
The thread — This pattern of adding a sin offering to the daily burnt offering appears in the broader sacrificial calendar of Numbers 28–29. The same structural formula recurs in the Levitical regulations for appointed feasts.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to recognize that communal worship demands specific, counted offerings beyond the baseline ritual. It establishes a procedural standard where atonement is integrated into the fixed feast schedule.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And one goat for a sin offering; beside the continual burnt offering, his meat offering, and his drink offering.