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It will consist of one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all with no defects.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/numbers/29.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and you shall offer a burnt offering, for a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one bull from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/numbers/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/numbers/29.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, <i>and</i> seven lambs of the first year without blemish:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/numbers/29.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, <i>and</i> seven lambs in their first year, without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/numbers/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, <i>and</i> seven male lambs one year old without defect;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/numbers/29.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />You shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without defect;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/numbers/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, <i>and</i> seven male lambs one year old without defect;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/numbers/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to Yahweh: one bull from the herd, one ram, <i>and</i> seven male lambs one year old without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/numbers/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />You shall offer a burnt offering as a sweet <i>and</i> soothing aroma to the LORD: one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/numbers/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old—all unblemished—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/numbers/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old—all unblemished—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/numbers/29.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/numbers/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Bring to the altar one bull, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old that have nothing wrong with them. And then offer these as sacrifices to please me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/numbers/29.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/numbers/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />As a burnt offering, a soothing aroma to the LORD, bring one young bull, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs that have no defects.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/numbers/29.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Present 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. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/numbers/29.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"You are to bring these burnt offerings as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: a one year old young bull, one ram, and seven one year old lambs, all without any defects, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/numbers/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />As a pleasing aroma to the LORD, you are to present a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/numbers/29.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You must offer a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs one year old without blemish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/numbers/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/numbers/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor to the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/numbers/29.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect; <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/numbers/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have prepared a burnt-offering for refreshing fragrance to YHWH: one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/numbers/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and ye have prepared a burnt-offering, for sweet fragrance to Jehovah: one bullock, a son of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/numbers/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And ye did the burnt-offering for an odor of sweetness to Jehovah; one bullock, the son of a cow, one ram, seven blameless lambs, sons of a year.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/numbers/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/numbers/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall offer a holocaust, as a most sweet odor to the Lord: one calf from the herd, one ram, and seven immaculate one-year-old lambs;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/numbers/29.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />You will offer a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD: one bull of the herd, one ram, and seven unblemished yearling lambs.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/numbers/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />and you shall offer a burnt offering, a pleasing odor to the LORD: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without blemish.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/numbers/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall offer burnt offerings for a sweet savour to the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/numbers/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And make a burning peace offering for a fragrance of savor to LORD JEHOVAH, one bull, son of a herd, one ram and seven lambs, males of a year that have no flaw in them:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/numbers/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And ye shall prepare a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD: one young bullock, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year without blemish;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/numbers/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And ye shall offer whole-burnt-offerings for a sweet savour to the Lord, one calf of the herd, one ram, seven lambs of a year old without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/numbers/29-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yauBFvKLNNo?start=8912" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/numbers/29.htm">The Feast of Trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets. <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5207.htm" title="5207: nî·ḥō·aḥ (N-ms) -- A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing. Or niychoach; from nuwach; properly, restful, i.e. Pleasant; abstractly, delight.">As a pleasing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7381.htm" title="7381: lə·rê·aḥ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- To smell, perceive odor. From ruwach; odor.">aroma</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you are to present</a> <a href="/hebrew/5930.htm" title="5930: ‘ō·lāh (N-fs) -- Whole burnt offering. Or mowlah; feminine active participle of alah; a step or; usually a holocaust.">a burnt offering</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">of one</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ben- (N-msc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">young</a> <a href="/hebrew/1241.htm" title="1241: bā·qār (N-ms) -- Cattle, herd, an ox. From baqar; beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gender; collectively, a herd."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6499.htm" title="6499: par (N-ms) -- Young bull, steer. Or par; from parar; a bullock.">bull,</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: ’e·ḥāḏ (Number-ms) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">one</a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: ’a·yil (N-ms) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">ram,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7651.htm" title="7651: šiḇ·‘āh (Number-ms) -- Or shibrah; from shaba'; a primitive cardinal number; seven; also seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number.">and seven</a> <a href="/hebrew/3532.htm" title="3532: kə·ḇā·śîm (N-mp) -- A lamb. From an unused root meaning to dominate; a ram.">male lambs</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: bə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">a year old,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8141.htm" title="8141: šā·nāh (N-fs) -- A year. (in plura or shanah; from shanah; a year."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8549.htm" title="8549: tə·mî·mim (Adj-mp) -- Complete, sound. From tamam; entire; also integrity, truth.">all unblemished,</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>together 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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-23.htm">Leviticus 23:23-25</a></span><br />The LORD also said to Moses, / “Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘On the first day of the seventh month you are to have a day of rest, a sacred assembly announced by trumpet blasts. / You must not do any regular work, but you are to present a food offering to the LORD.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-18.htm">Leviticus 23:18</a></span><br />Along with the bread you are to present seven unblemished male lambs a year old, one young bull, and two rams. They will be a burnt offering to the LORD, together with their grain offerings and drink offerings—a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/23-37.htm">Leviticus 23:37</a></span><br />These are the LORD’s appointed feasts, which you are to proclaim as sacred assemblies for presenting food offerings to the LORD—burnt offerings and grain offerings, sacrifices and drink offerings, each on its designated day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/exodus/29-38.htm">Exodus 29:38-42</a></span><br />This is what you are to offer regularly on the altar, each day: two lambs that are a year old. / Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight. / With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/numbers/28-11.htm">Numbers 28:11-15</a></span><br />At the beginning of every month, you are to present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old, all unblemished, / along 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, / and a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each lamb. This is a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/29-27.htm">2 Chronicles 29:27-30</a></span><br />And Hezekiah ordered that the burnt offering be sacrificed on the altar. When the burnt offering began, the song of the LORD and the trumpets began as well, accompanied by the instruments of David king of Israel. / The whole assembly was worshiping, the singers were singing, and the trumpeters were playing. All this continued until the burnt offering was completed. / When the offerings were completed, the king and all those present with him bowed down and worshiped. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezra/3-4.htm">Ezra 3:4-6</a></span><br />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. / After that, they presented the regular burnt offerings and those for New Moons and for all the appointed sacred feasts of the LORD, as well as all the freewill offerings brought to the LORD. / On the first day of the seventh month, the Israelites began to offer burnt offerings to the LORD, although the foundation of the temple of the LORD had not been laid.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nehemiah/8-13.htm">Nehemiah 8:13-18</a></span><br />On the second day of the month, the heads of all the families, along with the priests and Levites, gathered around Ezra the scribe to study the words of the Law. / And they found written in the Law, which the LORD had commanded through Moses, that the Israelites were to dwell in booths during the feast of the seventh month, / and that they should proclaim this message and spread it throughout their towns and in Jerusalem, saying, “Go out to the hill country and bring back branches of olive, wild olive, myrtle, palm, and other leafy trees, to make booths, as it is written.” ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/81-3.htm">Psalm 81:3</a></span><br />Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-13.htm">Isaiah 1:13-14</a></span><br />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. / I hate your New Moons and your appointed feasts. They have become a burden to Me; I am weary of bearing them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/46-6.htm">Ezekiel 46:6</a></span><br />On the day of the New Moon he shall offer a young, unblemished bull, six lambs, and a ram without blemish.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/10-1.htm">Hebrews 10:1-4</a></span><br />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, ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/colossians/2-16.htm">Colossians 2:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore let no one judge you by what you eat or drink, or with regard to a feast, a New Moon, or a Sabbath. / These are a shadow of the things to come, but the body that casts it belongs to Christ.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-1.htm">Romans 12:1</a></span><br />Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/5-7.htm">1 Corinthians 5:7-8</a></span><br />Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet smell to the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/numbers/28-31.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/numbers/28-28.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/numbers/28-28.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/numbers/28-31.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/numbers/28-31.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/numbers/28-31.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">He-Lambs</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/numbers/28-30.htm">Male</a> <a href="/numbers/28-31.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Odor</a> <a href="/numbers/28-31.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/numbers/28-31.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/numbers/28-28.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/numbers/28-29.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/numbers/28-28.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/numbers/28-6.htm">Soothing</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/numbers/28-27.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Aroma</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Blemish</a> <a href="/numbers/29-3.htm">Bull</a> <a href="/numbers/29-3.htm">Bullock</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Burned</a> <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Burnt</a> <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Burnt-Offering</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Defect</a> <a href="/numbers/29-17.htm">He-Lambs</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Lambs</a> <a href="/numbers/29-3.htm">Male</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Mark</a> <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Odor</a> <a href="/numbers/29-3.htm">Offering</a> <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Pleasant</a> <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Pleasing</a> <a href="/numbers/29-3.htm">Prepare</a> <a href="/numbers/29-3.htm">Ram</a> <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Savor</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Savour</a> <a href="/numbers/29-4.htm">Seven</a> <a href="/numbers/29-3.htm">Sheep</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Soothing</a> <a href="/numbers/29-6.htm">Sweet</a> <a href="/numbers/29-8.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Numbers 29</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/29-1.htm">The offering at the feast of trumpets</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/29-7.htm">At the day of afflicting their souls</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/numbers/29-12.htm">And on the eight days of the feast of tabernacles</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/29.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/numbers/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/numbers/29.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>As a pleasing aroma to the LORD</b><br>This phrase emphasizes the concept of offerings being a form of worship that is acceptable and delightful to God. The idea of a "pleasing aroma" is symbolic, indicating that the sacrifice is made with the right heart and intention. This concept is echoed in <a href="/ephesians/5-2.htm">Ephesians 5:2</a>, where Christ's sacrifice is described as a "fragrant offering." It underscores the importance of sincerity and purity in worship.<p><b>you are to present a burnt offering</b><br>The burnt offering, or "olah" in Hebrew, was a sacrifice that was completely consumed by fire, symbolizing total dedication to God. This type of offering is one of the oldest forms of sacrifice, dating back to <a href="/genesis/8-20.htm">Genesis 8:20</a> when Noah offered burnt offerings after the flood. It signifies atonement and the worshiper's complete surrender to God's will.<p><b>of one young bull</b><br>The young bull was a significant and valuable offering, often associated with atonement for the community or leaders (<a href="/leviticus/4-3.htm">Leviticus 4:3</a>). Bulls were considered symbols of strength and service, and their sacrifice represented a substantial act of devotion and repentance.<p><b>one ram</b><br>Rams were often used in sacrificial offerings and were associated with consecration and substitutionary atonement. The ram's sacrifice is reminiscent of the ram provided by God in place of Isaac in <a href="/genesis/22-13.htm">Genesis 22:13</a>, pointing to the theme of substitution and foreshadowing Christ's ultimate sacrifice.<p><b>and seven male lambs a year old</b><br>The number seven in the Bible often symbolizes completeness or perfection. Offering seven lambs signifies a complete and perfect offering to God. Lambs, being gentle and innocent, are symbolic of purity and are often associated with Christ, the "Lamb of God" (<a href="/john/1-29.htm">John 1:29</a>), who takes away the sin of the world.<p><b>all unblemished</b><br>The requirement for offerings to be unblemished highlights the need for purity and perfection in sacrifices made to God. This foreshadows the sinless nature of Christ, the perfect sacrifice, as described in <a href="/1_peter/1-19.htm">1 Peter 1:19</a>, where He is referred to as a "lamb without blemish or defect." The unblemished nature of the offerings underscores the holiness required in approaching God.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who commands the offerings and is the recipient of the sacrifices.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The leader of the Israelites, who received the laws and instructions from God, including those concerning offerings.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of God, who are commanded to present these offerings as part of their worship and obedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/burnt_offering.htm">Burnt Offering</a></b><br>A type of sacrifice in which the entire animal is consumed by fire, symbolizing complete dedication to God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/tabernacle.htm">Tabernacle</a></b><br>The place where the offerings were made, serving as the dwelling place of God among His people during their wilderness journey.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>The Israelites were required to follow God's instructions precisely, highlighting the importance of obedience in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_sacrifice.htm">Symbolism of Sacrifice</a></b><br>The burnt offering symbolizes total dedication and surrender to God. As believers, we are called to live lives fully devoted to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/unblemished_offerings.htm">Unblemished Offerings</a></b><br>The requirement for unblemished animals points to the purity and holiness God desires. In our lives, we should strive for purity and integrity.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/pleasing_aroma_to_the_lord.htm">Pleasing Aroma to the LORD</a></b><br>The offerings were described as a "pleasing aroma," indicating that our worship and obedience are pleasing to God when done with the right heart.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_fulfillment.htm">Christ as the Fulfillment</a></b><br>Jesus Christ is the ultimate unblemished sacrifice, fulfilling the requirements of the law and providing a way for us to be reconciled to God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_numbers_29.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 29</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/were_numbers_29_rituals_historically_feasible.htm">What evidence exists that these extensive rituals, detailed in Numbers 29, were historically observed or feasible at that scale?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_archaeology_support_numbers_29.htm">Is there any archaeological record corroborating the elaborate sacrificial system described in Numbers 29?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_did_israelites_supply_many_sacrifice_animals.htm">How could the Israelites realistically supply the large number of animals required for the consecutive sacrifices in Numbers 29?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_numbers_29_offerings_conflict_with_isaiah.htm">How do the repeated animal offerings in Numbers 29 align or conflict with the later prophetic criticism of sacrifices (e.g., Isaiah 1:11)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/numbers/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Ye shall offer a burnt offering.</span> Such an offering had been commanded (<a href="/leviticus/23-25.htm">Leviticus 23:25</a>), but not specified. It comprised one bullock less than the new moon offering, but the reason of the difference is wholly unknown, unless it were in view of the large number of bullocks required at the feast of tabernacles. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/numbers/29-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">As a pleasing</span><br /><span class="heb">נִיחֹ֙חַ֙</span> <span class="translit">(nî·ḥō·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5207.htm">Strong's 5207: </a> </span><span class="str2">A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing</span><br /><br /><span class="word">aroma</span><br /><span class="heb">לְרֵ֤יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(lə·rê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7381.htm">Strong's 7381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To smell, perceive odor</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to the LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">לַֽיהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you are to present</span><br /><span class="heb">וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֨ם</span> <span class="translit">(wa·‘ă·śî·ṯem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> </span><span class="str2">To do, make</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a burnt offering</span><br /><span class="heb">עֹלָ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5930.htm">Strong's 5930: </a> </span><span class="str2">Whole burnt offering</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֖ד</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">young</span><br /><span class="heb">בֶּן־</span> <span class="translit">(ben-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bull,</span><br /><span class="heb">פַּ֧ר</span> <span class="translit">(par)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6499.htm">Strong's 6499: </a> </span><span class="str2">Young bull, steer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">one</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶחָ֑ד</span> <span class="translit">(’e·ḥāḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> </span><span class="str2">United, one, first</span><br /><br /><span class="word">ram,</span><br /><span class="heb">אַ֣יִל</span> <span class="translit">(’a·yil)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> </span><span class="str2">Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and seven</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁבְעָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(šiḇ·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Number - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7651.htm">Strong's 7651: </a> </span><span class="str2">Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number</span><br /><br /><span class="word">male lambs</span><br /><span class="heb">כְּבָשִׂ֧ים</span> <span class="translit">(kə·ḇā·śîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3532.htm">Strong's 3532: </a> </span><span class="str2">A lamb</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a year old,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּנֵי־</span> <span class="translit">(bə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all unblemished,</span><br /><span class="heb">תְּמִימִֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(tə·mî·mim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8549.htm">Strong's 8549: </a> </span><span class="str2">Entire, integrity, truth</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/numbers/29-2.htm">Numbers 29:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/numbers/29-2.htm">OT Law: Numbers 29:2 You shall offer a burnt offering (Nu Num.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/numbers/29-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Numbers 29:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Numbers 29:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/numbers/29-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Numbers 29:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Numbers 29:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>