Numbers 28:8
New International Version
Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering that you offer in the morning. This is a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

New Living Translation
Offer the second lamb in the evening with the same grain offering and liquid offering. It, too, is a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

English Standard Version
The other lamb you shall offer at twilight. Like the grain offering of the morning, and like its drink offering, you shall offer it as a food offering, with a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Berean Standard Bible
And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

King James Bible
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

New King James Version
The other lamb you shall offer in the evening; as the morning grain offering and its drink offering, you shall offer it as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the LORD.

New American Standard Bible
The other lamb you shall offer at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

NASB 1995
‘The other lamb you shall offer at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

NASB 1977
‘And the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its libation, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Legacy Standard Bible
And the other lamb you shall offer at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

Amplified Bible
The other lamb you shall offer at twilight; as the grain offering of the morning and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering by fire, a sweet and soothing aroma to the LORD.

Christian Standard Bible
Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Offer the second lamb at twilight, along with the same kind of grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a fire offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.”

American Standard Version
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.

Contemporary English Version
The second ram will be sacrificed that evening, along with the other offerings, just like the one sacrificed that morning. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices will please me.

English Revised Version
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even: as the meal offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, thou shalt offer it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Offer the other lamb at dusk along with the same grain offering and wine offering as you brought in the morning. This is an offering by fire, a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Good News Translation
In the evening offer the second lamb in the same way as the morning offering, together with its wine offering. It also is a food offering, an odor pleasing to the LORD.

International Standard Version
You are also to offer the second lamb toward the evening. Just like the morning sacrifice, you are to present the grain offering, accompanied by its corresponding drink offering, as a presentation made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD."

Majority Standard Bible
And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

NET Bible
And the second lamb you must offer in the late afternoon; just as you offered the grain offering and drink offering in the morning, you must offer it as an offering made by fire, as a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

New Heart English Bible
The other lamb you shall offer at evening: as the meal offering of the morning, and as the drink offering of it, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to the LORD.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the other lamb shalt thou offer at evening; as the meat-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering of it, thou shalt offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savor to the LORD.

World English Bible
The other lamb you shall offer at evening. As the meal offering of the morning, and as its drink offering, you shall offer it, an offering made by fire, for a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you prepare the second lamb between the evenings; as the present of the morning and as its drink-offering, you prepare [it as] a fire-offering of refreshing fragrance to YHWH.

Young's Literal Translation
'And the second lamb thou dost prepare between the evenings; as the present of the morning, and as its libation thou preparest -- a fire-offering, a sweet fragrance to Jehovah.

Smith's Literal Translation
And the second lamb thou shalt do between the evenings, according to the gift of the morning, and according to its libation thou shalt do a sacrifice, an odor of sweetness to Jehovah,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And you shall offer the other lamb in like manner ill the evening according to all the rites of the morning sacrifice, and of the libations thereof, an oblation of most sweet odour to the Lord.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And you shall offer the other lamb similarly, in the evening, according to all the rites of the morning sacrifice and its libations, as an oblation of most sweet odor to the Lord.

New American Bible
The other lamb you will offer during the evening twilight, making the same grain offering and the same libation as in the morning, as an oblation of pleasing aroma to the LORD.

New Revised Standard Version
The other lamb you shall offer at twilight with a grain offering and a drink offering like the one in the morning; you shall offer it as an offering by fire, a pleasing odor to the LORD.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the other lamb you shall offer at evening; as the meat offering of the morning and as its drink offering you shall offer it, a sacrifice made by fire for a sweet savour to the LORD.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And offer another lamb at evening like the offering of dawn, and like the drink offering, offer an offering for a sweet fragrance savor to LORD JEHOVAH.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the other lamb shalt thou present at dusk; as the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt present it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the second lamb thou shalt offer toward evening; thou shalt offer it according to its meat-offering and according to its drink-offering for a smell of sweet savour to the Lord.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Daily Offerings
7The drink offering accompanying each lamb shall be a quarter hin. Pour out the offering of fermented drink to the LORD in the sanctuary area. 8And offer the second lamb at twilight, with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

Cross References
Exodus 29:38-42
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. ...

Leviticus 6:8-13
Then the LORD said to Moses, / “Command Aaron and his sons that this is the law of the burnt offering: The burnt offering is to remain on the hearth of the altar all night, until morning, and the fire must be kept burning on the altar. / And the priest shall put on his linen robe and linen undergarments, and he shall remove from the altar the ashes of the burnt offering that the fire has consumed and place them beside it. ...

Leviticus 1:1-17
Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying, / “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When any of you brings an offering to the LORD, you may bring as your offering an animal from the herd or the flock. / If his offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the LORD. ...

Hebrews 10:1-10
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, ...

Hebrews 9:11-14
But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation. / He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption. / For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, ...

1 Chronicles 16:40
to regularly present burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar of burnt offerings, morning and evening, according to all that was written in the Law of the LORD, which He had commanded Israel to keep.

2 Chronicles 2:4
Behold, I am about to build a house for the Name of the LORD my God to dedicate to Him for burning fragrant incense before Him, for displaying the showbread continuously, and for making burnt offerings every morning and evening as well as on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts of the LORD our God. This is ordained for Israel forever.

2 Chronicles 13:11
Every morning and every evening they present burnt offerings and fragrant incense to the LORD. They set out the rows of showbread on the ceremonially clean table, and every evening they light the lamps of the gold lampstand. We are carrying out the requirements of the LORD our God, while you have forsaken Him.

Ezekiel 46:13-15
And you shall provide an unblemished year-old lamb as a daily burnt offering to the LORD; you are to offer it every morning. / You are also to provide with it every morning a grain offering of a sixth of an ephah with a third of a hin of oil to moisten the fine flour—a grain offering to the LORD. This is a permanent statute. / Thus they shall provide the lamb, the grain offering, and the oil every morning as a regular burnt offering.’

Daniel 9:21
while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense; my uplifted hands, like the evening offering.

Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name will be great among the nations,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Romans 12:1
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.

Ephesians 5:2
and walk in love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant sacrificial offering to God.

1 Peter 2:5
you also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.


Treasury of Scripture

And the other lamb shall you offer at even: as the meat offering of the morning, and as the drink offering thereof, you shall offer it, a sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet smell to the LORD.

Exodus 20:8-11
Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy…

Psalm 92:1-4
A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day. It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: …

Isaiah 58:13
If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words:

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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














And offer the second lamb at twilight
The offering of the second lamb at twilight signifies the importance of daily worship and sacrifice in the life of the Israelites. The timing at twilight, or evening, complements the morning sacrifice, creating a rhythm of worship that bookends the day. This practice underscores the continual need for atonement and dedication to God. The evening sacrifice is a reminder of the perpetual covenant between God and His people, symbolizing the need for constant vigilance in faith. The concept of offering at twilight can also be seen as a precursor to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is often associated with the Lamb of God, offered once for all.

with the same grain offering and drink offering as in the morning
The grain and drink offerings accompanying the lamb are consistent with the morning sacrifice, emphasizing the uniformity and consistency in worship. The grain offering, often made of fine flour mixed with oil, represents the sustenance and provision from God, while the drink offering, typically wine, symbolizes joy and celebration in His presence. These offerings highlight the holistic nature of worship, involving both physical and spiritual elements. The repetition of these offerings in the evening mirrors the morning ritual, reinforcing the idea of completeness and total devotion to God throughout the day.

It is a food offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD
The concept of a "pleasing aroma" to the LORD is a recurring theme in the sacrificial system, indicating God's acceptance and satisfaction with the offering. This phrase suggests that the sacrifices are not merely ritualistic but are meant to be heartfelt acts of worship that bring delight to God. The idea of a pleasing aroma can be connected to the New Testament, where believers are called to be a "living sacrifice" (Romans 12:1), living lives that are pleasing to God. The sacrificial system, with its emphasis on a pleasing aroma, foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, whose offering of Himself was the ultimate pleasing aroma to God, fulfilling the requirements of the law and establishing a new covenant.

Persons / Places / Events
1. Moses
The leader of the Israelites who received the laws and instructions from God, including the sacrificial system outlined in Numbers.

2. The Israelites
The chosen people of God, who were given specific instructions on how to worship and offer sacrifices to maintain their covenant relationship with Him.

3. The Tabernacle
The portable dwelling place for the divine presence among the Israelites, where sacrifices and offerings were made.

4. The Evening Sacrifice
A daily ritual offering made at twilight, symbolizing continual devotion and reliance on God.

5. The LORD (Yahweh)
The covenant God of Israel, who prescribed the sacrificial system as a means for His people to express worship and maintain fellowship with Him.
Teaching Points
Consistency in Worship
The daily offerings highlight the importance of regular, consistent worship and devotion to God. Just as the Israelites were to offer sacrifices every morning and evening, believers today are encouraged to maintain a consistent prayer and worship life.

Symbolism of Sacrifice
The evening sacrifice symbolizes the end of the day and the need to reflect on God's provision and grace. It serves as a reminder to end each day with gratitude and acknowledgment of God's presence.

Pleasing Aroma to the LORD
The phrase "a pleasing aroma to the LORD" signifies that God delights in sincere worship and obedience. Our lives, when lived in accordance with His will, can be a pleasing aroma to Him.

Christ as the Fulfillment
The sacrificial system points forward to Jesus Christ, the ultimate sacrifice. Understanding the Old Testament sacrifices helps us appreciate the depth of Christ's atonement and the new covenant established through His blood.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
You are to offer
תַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה (ta·‘ă·śeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

the second
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

lamb
הַכֶּ֣בֶשׂ (hak·ke·ḇeś)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3532: A lamb

at
בֵּ֣ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

twilight,
הָֽעַרְבָּ֑יִם (hā·‘ar·bā·yim)
Article | Noun - md
Strong's 6153: Evening

with the same kind of grain offering
כְּמִנְחַ֨ת (kə·min·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

and drink offering
וּכְנִסְכּוֹ֙ (ū·ḵə·nis·kōw)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5262: A libation, a cast idol

as in the morning.
הַבֹּ֤קֶר (hab·bō·qer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

It is an offering made by fire,
אִשֵּׁ֛ה (’iš·šêh)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 801: A burnt-offering, a sacrifice

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

aroma
רֵ֥יחַ (rê·aḥ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7381: To smell, perceive odor

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


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