Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,
Parallel translations
- WEB You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and you shall offer the other lamb at evening;
- KJV The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;
- NKJV The one lamb you shall offer in the morning, the other lamb you shall offer in the evening,
- NASB You shall offer the one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb you shall offer at twilight;
- NLT Sacrifice one lamb in the morning and the other in the evening.
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Quick answer
One lamb is offered in the morning and the other in the evening.
Overview
The two daily lambs frame each day with worship, morning and evening, so that Israel's whole life was bracketed by sacrifice and communion with God. This rhythm of continual offering invites God's people to begin and end every day in dependence on the atonement now perfected in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Dan 9:21while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
- Exod 12:6You must keep it until the fourteenth day of the month, when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel will slaughter the animals at twilight.
- 1 Kgs 18:29Midday passed, and they kept on raving until the time of the evening sacrifice. But there was no response; no one answered, no one paid attention.
- Num 9:3You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
- Ezra 9:4–5Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.
- 1 Kgs 18:36At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.
- Ps 141:2May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
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