Exodus 29 · Verse 39

Exodus 29:39

The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
Exodus 29:39, King James Version

Exodus 29:39 in other translations

BSBOffer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight.
WEBThe one lamb you shall offer in the morning; and the other lamb you shall offer at evening;
ASVThe one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
YLTthe one lamb thou dost prepare in the morning, and the second lamb thou dost prepare between the evenings;
DARBYThe one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer between the two evenings.
BBEOne lamb is to be offered in the morning and the other in the evening:
WebsterThe one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at evening.

What does Exodus 29:39 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 39 One lamb thou shalt offer in the morning - These two lambs, one in the morning, and the other in the evening, were generally termed the morning and evening daily sacrifices, and were offered from the time of their settlement in the promised land to the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. The use of these sacrifices according to the Jews was this: "The morning sacrifice made atonement for the sins committed in the night, and the evening sacrifice expiated the sins committed during the day."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 29:38-46

A lamb was to be offered upon the altar every morning, and a lamb every evening. This typified the continual intercession which Christ ever lives to make for his church. Though he offered himself but once for all, that one offering thus becomes a continual offering. This also teaches us to offer to God the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise every day, morning and evening. Our daily devotions are the most…

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Exodus 29:39 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכֶּ֥בֶשׂha.Ke.vesthe lambH3532
הָאֶחָ֖דha.'e.Chad<the> oneH259
תַּעֲשֶׂ֣הta.'a.Sehyou will offerH6213
בַבֹּ֑קֶרva.Bo.kerin the morningH1242
וְאֵת֙ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂha.Ke.vesthe lambH3532
הַשֵּׁנִ֔יha.she.Ni<the> secondH8145
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖הta.'a.Sehyou will offerH6213
בֵּ֥יןbeinbetweenH996
הָעַרְבָּֽיִם\׃ha.'ar.Ba.yimthe eveningsH6153

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 29:39

  • Ezekiel 46:13-15

    Thou shalt daily prepare a burnt offering unto the Lord of a lamb of the first year without blemish: thou shalt prepare it every morning. And thou shalt prepare a meat offering for it every morning, the sixth part of an ephah, and the third part of an hin of oil, to temper with the fine flour; a meat offering continually by a perpetual ordinance unto the Lord. Thus shall they prepare the lamb, and the meat offering, and the oil, every morning for a continual burnt offering.

  • 2 Kings 16:15

    And king Ahaz commanded Urijah the priest, saying, Upon the great altar burn the morning burnt offering, and the evening meat offering, and the king’s burnt sacrifice, and his meat offering, with the burnt offering of all the people of the land, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings; and sprinkle upon it all the blood of the burnt offering, and all the blood of the sacrifice: and the brasen altar shall be for me to enquire by.

  • Acts 26:7

    Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.

  • Psalms 5:3

    My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and will look up.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:11

    And they burn unto the Lord every morning and every evening burnt sacrifices and sweet incense: the shewbread also set they in order upon the pure table; and the candlestick of gold with the lamps thereof, to burn every evening: for we keep the charge of the Lord our God; but ye have forsaken him.

  • Psalms 55:16-17

    As for me, I will call upon God; and the Lord shall save me. Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.

  • Luke 1:10

    And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in the morning.
2Ki 16:15; 2Ch 13:11; Ps 5:3; 55:16,17; Eze 46:13-15; Lu 1:10
Ac 26:7
at even.
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Context

  • Exodus 29:38

    Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

  • Exodus 29:39

    The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

  • Exodus 29:40

    And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

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Exodus 29:39 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ofrecerás el un cordero á la mañana, y el otro cordero ofrecerás á la caída de la tarde:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
tu offriras l’un des agneaux le matin, et le second agneau tu l’offriras entre les deux soirs,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Das eine Lamm sollst du am Morgen opfern, und das zweite Lamm sollst du opfern zwischen den zwei Abenden,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
unum agnum mane, et alterum vespere,