Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Present as an aroma pleasing to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect. New Living Translation You must present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects. English Standard Version but you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old: see that they are without blemish. Berean Standard Bible Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, King James Bible But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: New King James Version You shall present a burnt offering to the LORD as a sweet aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year. Be sure they are without blemish. New American Standard Bible You shall present a burnt offering to the LORD as a soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, that you have without defect; NASB 1995 You shall present a burnt offering to the LORD as a soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, having them without defect; NASB 1977 ‘And you shall present a burnt offering to the LORD as a soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, having them without defect; Legacy Standard Bible And you shall bring near a burnt offering to Yahweh as a soothing aroma: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs one year old, having them without blemish; Amplified Bible You shall present a burnt offering to the LORD as a sweet and soothing aroma: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, which are without blemish; Christian Standard Bible Present a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. All your animals are to be unblemished. Holman Christian Standard Bible Present a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old. All your animals are to be unblemished. American Standard Version but ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah for a sweet savor: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old; they shall be unto you without blemish; Contemporary English Version and bring to the altar one young bull, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. Then offer these as sacrifices to please me. English Revised Version but ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish: GOD'S WORD® Translation As a burnt offering, a soothing aroma, bring one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs, all of them without defects. Good News Translation Offer a burnt offering to the LORD, an odor pleasing to him: one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects. International Standard Version You are to bring these burnt offerings to the LORD for a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven one year old lambs, all without any defects, for you, Majority Standard Bible Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, NET Bible But you must offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old, all of them without blemish. New Heart English Bible but you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old; they shall be to you without blemish; Webster's Bible Translation But ye shall offer a burnt-offering to the LORD for a sweet savor; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be to you without blemish: World English Bible but you shall offer a burnt offering to Yahweh for a pleasant aroma: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old, all without defect; Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand you have brought a burnt-offering near to YHWH, a refreshing fragrance: one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year; they are perfect ones for you; Young's Literal Translation and ye have brought near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, a sweet fragrance, one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones they are for you, Smith's Literal Translation And bring ye near a burnt-offering to Jehovah, an odor of sweetness: one bullock, son of a cow, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year; blameless they shall be to you. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord for a most sweet odour, one calf of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish: Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall offer a holocaust to the Lord, as a most sweet odor: one calf from the herd, one ram, seven immaculate one-year-old lambs; New American Bible You will offer a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma: one bull of the herd, one ram, and seven yearling lambs that you are sure are unblemished. New Revised Standard Version You shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing odor: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old. They shall be without blemish. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleBut you shall offer burnt offerings to the LORD for a sweet savour: one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish; Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And bring a burning peace offering to LORD JEHOVAH for a fragrance of savor: one bull, son of a herd, and one ram, and seven lambs, males of a year that have no flaw in them: OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917but ye shall present a burnt-offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish; Brenton Septuagint Translation And ye shall bring near whole-burnt-offerings for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord; burnt-sacrifices to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old; they shall be to you without blemish. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Day of Atonement7On the tenth day of this seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you shall humble yourselves; you must not do any work. 8Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, 9together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with the bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,… Cross References Leviticus 16:29-34 This is to be a permanent statute for you: On the tenth day of the seventh month, you shall humble yourselves and not do any work—whether the native or the foreigner who resides among you— / because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD. / It is a Sabbath of complete rest for you, that you may humble yourselves; it is a permanent statute. ... Leviticus 23:27-32 “The tenth day of this seventh month is the Day of Atonement. You shall hold a sacred assembly and humble yourselves, and present a food offering to the LORD. / On this day you are not to do any work, for it is the Day of Atonement, when atonement is made for you before the LORD your God. / If anyone does not humble himself on this day, he must be cut off from his people. ... Hebrews 9:7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. Isaiah 58:5 Is this the fast I have chosen: a day for a man to deny himself, to bow his head like a reed, and to spread out sackcloth and ashes? Will you call this a fast and a day acceptable to the LORD? Joel 2:15-17 Blow the ram’s horn in Zion, consecrate a fast, proclaim a sacred assembly. / Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the aged, gather the children, even those nursing at the breast. Let the bridegroom leave his room, and the bride her chamber. / Let the priests who minister before the LORD weep between the portico and the altar, saying, “Spare Your people, O LORD, and do not make Your heritage a reproach, an object of scorn among the nations. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’” Hebrews 10:1-4 For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship. / If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins. / Instead, those sacrifices are an annual reminder of sins, ... Leviticus 4:20 He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven. 2 Chronicles 7:9 On the eighth day they held a solemn assembly, for the dedication of the altar had lasted seven days, and the feast seven days more. Ezra 3:4 They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day. Nehemiah 8:18 Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance. Psalm 51:16-17 For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings. / The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. Isaiah 1:11-17 “What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. / When you come to appear before Me, who has required this of you—this trampling of My courts? / Bring your worthless offerings no more; your incense is detestable to Me. New Moons, Sabbaths, and convocations—I cannot endure iniquity in a solemn assembly. ... Daniel 9:3 So I turned my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and petition, with fasting, sackcloth, and ashes. Matthew 9:13 But go and learn what this means: ‘I desire mercy, not sacrifice.’ For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.” Mark 12:33 and to love Him with all your heart and with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself. This is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” Treasury of Scripture But you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD for a sweet smell; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be to you without blemish: Numbers 15:3-12 And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock: … Jump to Previous Aroma Blemish Bull Bullock Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Defect Lambs Male Mark Offer Offering Pleasant Present Ram Savor Savour Seven Soothing Sweet YoungJump to Next Aroma Blemish Bull Bullock Burned Burnt Burnt-Offering Defect Lambs Male Mark Offer Offering Pleasant Present Ram Savor Savour Seven Soothing Sweet YoungNumbers 29 1. The offering at the feast of trumpets7. At the day of afflicting their souls 12. And on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles Present as a pleasing aroma to the LORD The concept of a "pleasing aroma" signifies an offering that is acceptable and delightful to God. This phrase is used throughout the Old Testament to describe sacrifices that are made in accordance with God's commands. It reflects the idea that obedience and sincere worship are what please God. The aroma is not literal but symbolic of the heart's intention behind the offering. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where believers are encouraged to live lives that are a "fragrant offering" to God (Ephesians 5:2). a burnt offering of one young bull one ram and seven male lambs a year old all unblemished Persons / Places / Events 1. The IsraelitesThe people of God who are receiving instructions on how to worship and offer sacrifices to the LORD. 2. The LORD (Yahweh) The God of Israel, who is giving these commands through Moses. 3. Moses The leader of the Israelites, who is conveying God's instructions to the people. 4. The Tabernacle The place where the Israelites were to bring their offerings and sacrifices. 5. The Day of Atonement The specific context of this verse, which is part of the instructions for the offerings on this holy day. Teaching Points The Significance of SacrificeThe burnt offering was a symbol of complete dedication to God. It teaches us about the importance of giving our best to God, as the animals had to be unblemished. A Pleasing Aroma to the LORD The phrase "a pleasing aroma" signifies God's acceptance of the offering. In our lives, our actions and worship should be pleasing to God, reflecting a heart fully devoted to Him. The Role of Atonement The Day of Atonement was a time for the Israelites to seek forgiveness and reconciliation with God. This points us to the ultimate atonement made by Jesus, reminding us of the need for repentance and faith in His sacrifice. Holiness and Purity The requirement for unblemished animals underscores the call to holiness and purity in our walk with God. We are to strive for moral and spiritual integrity. The Continuity of Worship The detailed instructions for worship in the Old Testament remind us of the importance of intentional and reverent worship in our own lives, recognizing God's holiness and majesty. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Presentוְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם (wə·hiq·raḇ·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7126: To come near, approach as a pleasing נִיחֹ֔חַ (nî·ḥō·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5207: A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing aroma רֵ֣יחַ (rê·aḥ) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 7381: To smell, perceive odor to the LORD לַֽיהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel a burnt offering עֹלָ֤ה (‘ō·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering of one אֶחָ֖ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first young בֶּן־ (ben-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 1121: A son bull, פַּ֧ר (par) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer one אֶחָ֑ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first ram, אַ֣יִל (’a·yil) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree and seven שִׁבְעָ֔ה (šiḇ·‘āh) Number - masculine singular Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number male lambs כְּבָשִׂ֤ים (kə·ḇā·śîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3532: A lamb a year old, בְּנֵֽי־ (bə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 1121: A son all יִהְי֥וּ (yih·yū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be unblemished, תְּמִימִ֖ם (tə·mî·mim) Adjective - masculine plural Strong's 8549: Entire, integrity, truth Links Numbers 29:8 NIVNumbers 29:8 NLT Numbers 29:8 ESV Numbers 29:8 NASB Numbers 29:8 KJV Numbers 29:8 BibleApps.com Numbers 29:8 Biblia Paralela Numbers 29:8 Chinese Bible Numbers 29:8 French Bible Numbers 29:8 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 29:8 But you shall offer a burnt offering (Nu Num.) |
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