Numbers 28 · Verse 11

Numbers 28:11

And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;
Numbers 28:11, King James Version

Numbers 28:11 in other translations

BSBAt 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,
WEB“‘In the beginnings of your months, you shall offer a burnt offering to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old without defect,
ASVAnd in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs a year old without blemish;
YLT‘And in the beginnings of your months ye bring near a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;
DARBYAnd in the beginnings of your months ye shall present a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven yearling lambs without blemish.
BBEAnd on the first day of every month you are to give a burned offering to the Lord; two oxen, one male sheep, and seven he-lambs of the first year, without any mark;
WebsterAnd in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt-offering to the LORD; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

What does Numbers 28:11 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 28:11-15
11-15. And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord--These were held as sacred festivals; and though not possessing the character of solemn feasts, they were distinguished by the blowing of trumpets over the sacrifices (Nu 10:10), by the suspension of all labor except the domestic occupations of women (Am 8:5), by the celebration of public worship (2Ki 4:23), and by social or family feasts (1Sa 20:5). These observations are not prescribed in the law though they obtained in the practice of a later time. The beginning of the month was known, not by astronomical calculations, but, according to Jewish writers, by the testimony of messengers appointed to watch the first visible appearance of the new moon; and then the fact was announced through the whole country by signal-fires kindled on the mountain tops. The new-moon festivals having been common among the heathen, it is probable that an important design of their institution in Israel was to give the minds of that people a better direction; and assuming this to have been one of the objects contemplated, it will account for one of the kids being offered unto the Lord (Nu 28:15), not unto the moon, as the Egyptians and Syrians did. The Sabbath and the new moon are frequently mentioned together.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Numbers 28:9-15

Every sabbath day, beside the two lambs offered for the daily burnt-offering, there must be two more offered. This teaches us to double our devotions on sabbath days, for so the duty of the day requires. The sabbath rest is to be observed, in order more closely to apply ourselves to the sabbath work, which ought to fill up the sabbath time. The offerings in the new moons showed thankfulness for the renewing of…

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Numbers 28:11 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.

וּבְרָאשֵׁי֙u.ve.ra.Sheiand at [the] beginnings ofH7218
חָדְשֵׁיכֶ֔םcha.de.shei.Khemmonths yourH2320
תַּקְרִ֥יבוּtak.Ri.vuyou will bring nearH7126
עֹלָ֖ה'o.Laha burnt offeringH5930
לַיהוָ֑הla.Yah.wehto YahwehH3068
פָּרִ֨יםpa.Rimyoung bullsH6499
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-young ones ofH1121
בָקָ֤רva.KarcattleH1241
שְׁנַ֙יִם֙she.Na.yimtwoH8147
וְאַ֣יִלve.'A.yiland a ramH352
אֶחָ֔ד'e.ChadoneH259
כְּבָשִׂ֧יםke.va.SimlambsH3532
בְּנֵי\־be.nei-sons ofH1121
שָׁנָ֛הsha.Naha yearH8141
שִׁבְעָ֖הshiv.'AhsevenH7651
תְּמִימִֽם\׃te.mi.MimunblemishedH8549

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Cross references for Numbers 28:11

  • Numbers 10:10

    Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the Lord your God.

  • Ezekiel 46:6

    And in the day of the new moon it shall be a young bullock without blemish, and six lambs, and a ram: they shall be without blemish.

  • Psalms 40:6

    Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required.

  • Colossians 2:16

    Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holyday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days:

  • Hosea 2:11

    I will also cause all her mirth to cease, her feast days, her new moons, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn feasts.

  • Ezekiel 45:17-18

    And it shall be the prince’s part to give burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and drink offerings, in the feasts, and in the new moons, and in the sabbaths, in all solemnities of the house of Israel: he shall prepare the sin offering, and the meat offering, and the burnt offering, and the peace offerings, to make reconciliation for the house of Israel. Thus saith the Lord God; In the first month, in the first day of the month, thou shalt take a young bullock without blemish, and cleanse the sanctuary:

  • Numbers 28:19

    But ye shall offer a sacrifice made by fire for a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven lambs of the first year: they shall be unto you without blemish:

  • Nehemiah 10:33

    For the shewbread, and for the continual meat offering, and for the continual burnt offering, of the sabbaths, of the new moons, for the set feasts, and for the holy things, and for the sin offerings to make an atonement for Israel, and for all the work of the house of our God.

  • Ezra 3:5

    And afterward offered the continual burnt offering, both of the new moons, and of all the set feasts of the Lord that were consecrated, and of every one that willingly offered a freewill offering unto the Lord.

  • Leviticus 1:3

    If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the Lord.

  • Hebrews 10:10-14

    By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God; From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool. …

  • 2 Kings 4:23

    And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him to day? it is neither new moon, nor sabbath. And she said, It shall be well.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
in the beginnings.
10:10; 15:3-11; 1Sa 20:5; 2Ki 4:23; 1Ch 23:31; 2Ch 2:4; Ezr 3:5
Ne 10:33; Ps 40:6,8; 81:3; Isa 1:13,14; 66:23; Eze 45:17,18; 46:1,6
Ho 2:11; Am 3:5; Ga 4:10; Col 2:6,16
two young.
19; Heb 10:10-14

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Context

  • Numbers 28:10

    This is the burnt offering of every sabbath, beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering.

  • Numbers 28:11

    And in the beginnings of your months ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the Lord; two young bullocks, and one ram, seven lambs of the first year without spot;

  • Numbers 28:12

    And three tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one bullock; and two tenth deals of flour for a meat offering, mingled with oil, for one ram;

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Numbers 28:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y en los principios de vuestros meses ofreceréis en holocausto á Jehová dos becerros de la vacada, y un carnero, y siete corderos de un año sin defecto;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et au commencement de vos mois, vous présenterez en holocauste à l’ Éternel deux jeunes taureaux, et un bélier, et sept agneaux âgés d’un an, sans défaut;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und im Anfang eurer Monate sollt ihr Jehova ein Brandopfer darbringen: zwei junge Farren und einen Widder, sieben einjährige Lämmer ohne Fehl;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In calendis autem offeretis holocaustum Domino, vitulos de armento duos, arietem unum, agnos anniculos septem immaculatos,