Numbers 29
Christian Standard Bible Anglicised
Festival of Trumpets Offerings
29 ‘You are to hold a sacred assembly in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, and you are not to do any daily work.(A) This will be a day of trumpet blasts for you.(B) 2 Offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 3 with their grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, six litres[a] with the bull, four litres[b] with the ram, 4 and two litres[c] with each of the seven male lambs. 5 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for yourselves. 6 These are in addition to the monthly and regular burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the Lord.
Offerings for the Day of Atonement
7 ‘You are to hold a sacred assembly on the tenth day of this seventh month and practise self-denial;(C) do not do any work. 8 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. 9 Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six litres with the bull, four litres with the ram, 10 and two litres with each of the seven lambs. 11 Offer one male goat for a sin offering. The regular burnt offering with its grain offering and drink offerings are in addition to the sin offering of atonement.
Offerings for the Festival of Shelters
12 ‘You are to hold a sacred assembly on the fifteenth day of the seventh month;(D) you do not do any daily work. You are to celebrate a seven-day festival for the Lord. 13 Present a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old. They are to be unblemished. 14 Their grain offering is to be of fine flour mixed with oil, six litres with each of the thirteen bulls, four litres with each of the two rams, 15 and two litres with each of the fourteen lambs. 16 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
17 ‘On the second day present twelve young bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 18 with their grain and drink offerings(E) for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. 19 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink and their drink offerings.
20 ‘On the third day present eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 21 with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. 22 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
23 ‘On the fourth day present ten bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 24 with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. 25 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
26 ‘On the fifth day present nine bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 27 with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. 28 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
29 ‘On the sixth day present eight bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 30 with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. 31 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
32 ‘On the seventh day present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 33 with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. 34 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
35 ‘On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you are not to do any daily work.(F) 36 Present a burnt offering, a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven male lambs a year old – all unblemished – 37 with their grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, in proportion to their number. 38 Also offer one male goat as a sin offering. These are in addition to the regular burnt offering with its grain and drink offerings.
39 ‘Offer these to the Lord at your appointed times in addition to your vow and freewill offerings, whether burnt, grain, drink, or fellowship offerings.’ 40 So Moses told the Israelites everything the Lord had commanded him.
Numbers 29
Modern English Version
Offerings at the Feast of Trumpets(A)
29 In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you will have a holy assembly. You will do no ordinary work. It is a day of blowing the trumpets for you. 2 You will offer a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year, without blemish; 3 their grain offering will be of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah[a] for a bull, and two-tenths of an ephah[b] for a ram, 4 and one-tenth of an ephah[c] for one lamb, for the seven lambs; 5 also one goat as a sin offering, to make an atonement for you; 6 besides the burnt offering of the month and its grain offering, and the daily burnt offering and its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their rule, as a pleasing aroma, a sacrifice made by fire to the Lord.
Offerings on the Day of Atonement(B)
7 You will have a holy assembly on the tenth day of this seventh month, and you will afflict yourselves. You will not do any work on it. 8 But you will offer a burnt offering to the Lord as a pleasing aroma: one young bull, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year. Be sure they are without blemish. 9 Their grain offering will be of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah for the bull, and two-tenths of an ephah for one ram, 10 and one-tenth of an ephah for each of the seven lambs; 11 also one goat as a sin offering in addition to the sin offering of atonement, and the regular burnt offering, and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.
Offerings at the Feast of Tabernacles(C)
12 On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you will have a holy convocation. You will do no ordinary work, and you will keep a feast to the Lord seven days. 13 And you will offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: thirteen young bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in their first year, without blemish. 14 And their grain offering will be of flour mixed with oil, three-tenths of an ephah to a bull, and two-tenths of an ephah to each ram of the two rams, 15 and one-tenth to each lamb of the fourteen lambs; 16 and one goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
17 On the second day present twelve young bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish, 18 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; 19 also one goat as a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, and its grain offering, and their drink offerings.
20 On the third day present eleven bulls, two rams, fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish, 21 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; 22 also one goat as a sin offering, besides the regular burnt offering, and its grain offering, and its drink offering.
23 On the fourth day present ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish, 24 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; 25 also one goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
26 On the fifth day present nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish, 27 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; 28 also one goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular burnt offering, and its grain offering, and its drink offering.
29 On the sixth day present eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish, 30 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; 31 also one goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
32 On the seventh day present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen lambs in their first year without blemish, 33 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; 34 also one goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular burnt offering, its grain offering, and its drink offering.
35 On the eighth day you will have a solemn assembly. You will do no ordinary work on it. 36 But you will offer a burnt offering, a sacrifice made by fire as a pleasing aroma to the Lord: one bull, one ram, seven lambs in their first year, without blemish. 37 Their grain offering and their drink offerings, for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, will be according to their number, according to the rule; 38 also one goat as a sin offering in addition to the regular burnt offering, and its grain offering, and its drink offering.
39 These things you will do to the Lord in your set feasts in addition to your vows and your freewill offerings, as your burnt offerings, and as your grain offerings, and as your drink offerings, and as your peace offerings.
40 Moses told the children of Israel everything, according to all that the Lord commanded Moses.
Footnotes
- Numbers 29:3 Likely about 11 pounds, or 5 kilograms; and in vv. 9 and 14.
- Numbers 29:3 Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms; and in vv. 9 and 14.
- Numbers 29:4 Likely about 3½ pounds, or 1.6 kilograms; and in vv. 10 and 15.
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