Bible Strands
Numbers 29:36
As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a food offering, a burnt offering of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
Berean Standard Bible
Follow its threads on the canvas →
Study note
Setting — Moses instructs the Israelites on the eighth day of the festival, commanding a solemn assembly where no regular work is permitted. This directive occurs immediately after the preceding day's sacrifices and directly precedes the detailed accounting of accompanying grain and drink offerings.
The words — The Hebrew verb הִקְרַבְתֶּם (hik.rav.tem) literally means "you will bring near," establishing the action of presenting the sacrifice. The phrase רֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ (rei.ach ni.cho.ach) translates directly to "a soothing odor," describing the sensory result of the burnt offering.
The thread — The specified animal count and accompanying offerings are immediately cross-referenced in Numbers 29:37, which mandates the precise grain and drink portions for each beast. This eighth-day solemn assembly concludes the seven-day festival cycle established earlier in the chapter.
Why it lands — The text requires the community to deliver unblemished animals according to a fixed count without deviation. The reader must recognize that the ritual's completion depends on strict adherence to the prescribed quantities and the accompanying meal and wine portions.
Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.
The Hebrew words
King James Version
But ye shall offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord: one bullock, one ram, seven lambs of the first year without blemish: