Numbers 29 - Modern English Version (MEV)

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

1. Numbers 29:3 Likely about 11 pounds, or 5 kilograms; and in vv. 9 and 14.
2. Numbers 29:3 Likely about 7 pounds, or 3.2 kilograms; and in vv. 9 and 14.
3. Numbers 29:4 Likely about 3½ pounds, or 1.6 kilograms; and in vv. 10 and 15.

Cross references

1. Numbers 29:1 : Lev 23:23–25
2. Numbers 29:7 : Lev 16:2–34; 23:26–32
3. Numbers 29:12 : Lev 23:33–43; Dt 16:13–17