present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.
Parallel translations
- WEB then shall he offer with the bull a meal offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil:
- KJV Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
- NKJV then shall be offered with the young bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil;
- NASB then you shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil;
- NLT you must also give a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour mixed with two quarts of olive oil,
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The bull required the largest grain offering of flour and oil. The abundance matched the greatness of the sacrifice.
Overview
For a bull, the prescribed grain offering used the most flour and oil of all. The generous measures expressed the worshiper's full devotion in the most significant sacrifices. The careful gradation throughout these laws taught Israel to give to God in proportion and with wholehearted intent.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 15
- Num 28:14Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.
- Num 28:12along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with the ram,
- Lev 6:14Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Lev 14:10On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
- Ezek 46:15Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.’
- Joel 1:9Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD.
- Joel 2:14Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.
- Ezek 46:5The grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
- Num 29:6These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
- Neh 10:33for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.
- Ezek 46:11At the festivals and appointed feasts, the grain offering shall be an ephah with a bull, an ephah with a ram, and as much as one is able to give with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
- Ezek 46:7He is to provide a grain offering of an ephah with the bull, an ephah with the ram, and as much as he is able with the lambs, along with a hin of oil per ephah.
- 1 Chr 21:23Ornan said to David, “My lord the king may take whatever seems good. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
- Ezek 42:13Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- Lev 7:37This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
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