Numbers 28:27
New International Version
Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

New Living Translation
Present a special burnt offering on that day as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. It will consist of two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs.

English Standard Version
but offer a burnt offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;

Berean Standard Bible
Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

King James Bible
But ye shall offer the burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

New King James Version
You shall present a burnt offering as a sweet aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs in their first year,

New American Standard Bible
But you shall offer a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD: two bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old;

NASB 1995
‘You shall offer a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old;

NASB 1977
‘And you shall offer a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to the LORD, two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old,

Legacy Standard Bible
And you shall bring near a burnt offering for a soothing aroma to Yahweh: two bulls from the herd, one ram, seven male lambs one year old;

Amplified Bible
You shall present the burnt offering as a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs one year old;

Christian Standard Bible
Present a burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Present a burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old,

American Standard Version
but ye shall offer a burnt-offering for a sweet savor unto Jehovah: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs a year old;

Contemporary English Version
Offer two young bulls, one full-grown ram, and seven rams a year old as sacrifices to please me.

English Revised Version
but ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Bring a burnt offering as a soothing aroma to the LORD-two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old lambs.

Good News Translation
Offer a burnt offering as an odor pleasing to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven one-year-old male lambs, all without any defects.

International Standard Version
You are to offer this burnt offering as a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, and seven one year old lambs,

Majority Standard Bible
Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

NET Bible
But you must offer as the burnt offering, as a sweet aroma to the LORD, two young bulls, one ram, seven lambs one year old,

New Heart English Bible
but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;

Webster's Bible Translation
But ye shall offer the burnt-offering for a sweet savor to the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

World English Bible
but you shall offer a burnt offering for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old;
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you have brought a burnt-offering near for refreshing fragrance to YHWH: two bullocks, sons of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year,

Young's Literal Translation
and ye have brought near a burnt-offering for sweet fragrance to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of the herd, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year,

Smith's Literal Translation
And offer ye the burnt-offering for an odor of sweetness to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of a cow, one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year;
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall offer a holocaust for a most sweet odour to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, and seven lambs of a year old, without blemish:

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you shall offer a holocaust as a most sweet odor to the Lord: two calves from the herd, one ram, and seven immaculate one-year-old lambs,

New American Bible
You will offer burnt offering for a pleasing aroma to the LORD: two bulls 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, a pleasing odor to the LORD: two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs a year old.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
But you shall offer the burnt offerings for a sweet savour to the LORD; two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year;

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And bring burning peace offerings for a sweet fragrance savor to LORD JEHOVAH: two bulls, offspring of a herd, and one ram and seven lambs, males of a year;
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
but ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year;

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and ye shall bring whole-burnt-offerings for a sweet-smelling savour to the Lord, two calves of the herd, one ram, seven lambs without blemish.

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Context
The Feast of Weeks
26On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work. 27Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD, 28together with their grain offerings of fine flour mixed with oil—three-tenths of an ephah with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah with the ram,…

Cross References
Leviticus 23:15-21
From the day after the Sabbath, the day you brought the sheaf of the wave offering, you are to count off seven full weeks. / You shall count off fifty days until the day after the seventh Sabbath, and then present an offering of new grain to the LORD. / Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD. ...

Exodus 23:16
You are also to keep the Feast of Harvest with the firstfruits of the produce from what you sow in the field. And keep the Feast of Ingathering at the end of the year, when you gather your produce from the field.

Deuteronomy 16:9-12
You are to count off seven weeks from the time you first put the sickle to the standing grain. / And you shall celebrate the Feast of Weeks to the LORD your God with a freewill offering that you give in proportion to how the LORD your God has blessed you, / and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you. ...

2 Chronicles 8:13
He observed the daily requirement for offerings according to the commandment of Moses for Sabbaths, New Moons, and the three annual appointed feasts—the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles.

Acts 2:1-4
When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. / Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. / They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. ...

Leviticus 2:14-16
If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire. / And you are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering. / The priest shall then burn the memorial portion of the crushed grain and the oil, together with all its frankincense, as a food offering to the LORD.

Exodus 34:22
And you are to celebrate the Feast of Weeks with the firstfruits of the wheat harvest, and the Feast of Ingathering at the turn of the year.

1 Corinthians 16:8
But I will stay in Ephesus until Pentecost,

Joel 2:28-32
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. / Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days. / I will show wonders in the heavens and on the earth, blood and fire and columns of smoke. ...

Acts 20:16
Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.

Deuteronomy 16:16-17
Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed. / Everyone must appear with a gift as he is able, according to the blessing the LORD your God has given you.

1 Corinthians 5:7-8
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.

2 Chronicles 31:3
The king contributed from his own possessions for the regular morning and evening burnt offerings and for the burnt offerings on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, as written in the Law of the LORD.

Acts 1:4-5
And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss. / For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Leviticus 23:10-11
“Speak to the Israelites and say, ‘When you enter the land that I am giving you and you reap its harvest, you are to bring to the priest a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest. / And he shall wave the sheaf before the LORD so that it may be accepted on your behalf; the priest is to wave it on the day after the Sabbath.


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Numbers 28
1. Offerings are to be observed
3. The continual burnt offering
9. The offering on the Sabbath
11. On the new Moons
16. At the Passover
26. In the day of the firstfruits














Present a burnt offering
The phrase "present a burnt offering" refers to the act of offering a sacrifice that is completely consumed by fire on the altar. In Hebrew, the word for burnt offering is "olah," which means "that which goes up," signifying the smoke rising to God. This offering symbolizes complete surrender and dedication to God, as the entire animal is given over to Him. Historically, burnt offerings were a central part of Israelite worship, representing atonement and the worshiper's desire to be in right standing with God.

Two young bulls
The "two young bulls" were significant in ancient Israelite sacrifices due to their value and strength. Bulls were often used in significant offerings because they represented wealth and power. In the context of Numbers 28, the use of two bulls underscores the importance of the occasion and the magnitude of the offering. The bulls' strength and vitality symbolize the worshiper's earnestness and the community's collective devotion to God.

One ram
The "one ram" in the offering is notable for its symbolism of leadership and substitution. Rams were often used in sacrifices for leaders or as a substitute for a person, as seen in the account of Abraham and Isaac. The inclusion of a ram in this offering highlights the need for leadership and guidance in the community's spiritual journey, as well as the concept of substitutionary atonement, where the ram takes the place of the worshiper.

Seven male lambs a year old
The "seven male lambs a year old" are significant for several reasons. The number seven in the Bible often represents completeness or perfection, indicating the thoroughness of the offering. Lambs, being young and pure, symbolize innocence and purity. The requirement that they be "a year old" ensures they are in their prime, representing the best of what the worshiper has to offer. This part of the offering emphasizes the need for purity and wholehearted devotion in worship.

All unblemished
The requirement that the animals be "all unblemished" underscores the importance of offering God the best and most perfect sacrifices. In Hebrew, the word for unblemished is "tamim," meaning complete or whole. This requirement reflects God's holiness and the need for the worshiper to approach Him with integrity and sincerity. It also foreshadows the ultimate unblemished sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who was without sin and offered Himself for the atonement of humanity's sins.

(27) Two young bullocks, one ram, seven lambs of the first year.--In Leviticus 23:18 the animal sacrifices enjoined are one young bullock, two rams, and seven lambs without blemish. The Mishnah (Menach. iv. 2) considers that these animals were to be presented together with the loaves, whereas those named in Numbers were additional sacrifices of the day. Josephus also thinks that three bullocks, two [three] rams, and fourteen sheep were offered at this time (Antt. iii. 10, ? 6).

Verse 27. - Ye shall offer the burnt offering. The festal sacrifice here prescribed is exactly the same as for the days of Mattsoth and for the feast of the new moon. It is not the same as that prescribed for the same day in Leviticus 23, and it is difficult to determine whether it was meant to supersede the previous ordinance, or to be distinct and additional. The fact that no notice is taken of the sacrifice already ordered would seem to point to the former conclusion; but the further fact that no mention is made of the offering of wave-loaves, with which the sacrifices in Leviticus were distinctively connected, seems to show that the two lists were independent (cf. Josephus, 'Ant.,' 3:10, 6). The fact seems to be that throughout this section no sacrifices are mentioned save such as formed a part of the system which is here for the first time elaborated.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Present
וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם (wə·hiq·raḇ·tem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7126: To come near, approach

a burnt offering
עוֹלָ֜ה (‘ō·w·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5930: Whole burnt offering

of two
שְׁנַ֖יִם (šə·na·yim)
Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

young
בְּנֵי־ (bə·nê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

bulls,
פָּרִ֧ים (pā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
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
שִׁבְעָ֥ה (šiḇ·‘āh)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

male lambs
כְבָשִׂ֖ים (ḵə·ḇā·śîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3532: A lamb

a year old
בְּנֵ֥י (bə·nê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 1121: A son

as a pleasing
נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ (nî·ḥō·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 5207: A quieting, soothing, tranquilizing

aroma
לְרֵ֤יחַ (lə·rê·aḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7381: To smell, perceive odor

to the LORD,
לַֽיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


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