Each of these offerings of bulls, rams, and lambs must be accompanied by its prescribed grain offering and liquid offering.
Parallel translations
- WEB and their meal offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- KJV And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:
- BSB along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
- NKJV and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number, according to the ordinance;
- NASB and their grain offering and their drink offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, by their number according to the ordinance;
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Quick answer
The second-day animals had their grain and drink offerings according to their number, following the established ordinance.
Overview
Rather than repeating every measure, the text summarizes that each animal carried its prescribed grain and drink offerings 'after the ordinance.' This shorthand assumes the careful pattern already laid down, underscoring worship ordered by God's word. The faithful obedience required here points to the perfect obedience of Christ.
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Cross-references · 6
- Num 28:7Its drink offering shall be the fourth part of a hin for the one lamb. You shall pour out a drink offering of strong drink to Yahweh in the holy place.
- Num 28:14Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine for a bull, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt offering of every month throughout the months of the year.
- Num 15:4–12then he who offers his offering shall offer to Yahweh a meal offering of one tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil.
- Num 29:9–10and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the one ram,
- Num 29:3–4and their meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil, three tenths for the bull, two tenths for the ram,
- Num 29:6besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and its meal offering, and the continual burnt offering and its meal offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, for a pleasant aroma, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
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