And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

NUMBERS 29:30KJV
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Numbers 29:30 (KJV)

What does Numbers 29:30 mean?

Numbers 29:30 gives instructions for the offerings to be made on a particular day of the festival, saying that the grain (meat) and drink offerings for each bull, ram, and lamb should match the number of animals being sacrificed and follow the established regulations. The verse emphasizes that each type of animal has a specific offering, and these should be done according to the set pattern.

In this passage, God is speaking to Moses, giving him detailed directions for the Israelites about how to present their sacrifices during the festival days. The verse is part of a larger section where each day’s offerings are laid out, showing the importance of order and consistency in Israel’s worship practices.

The Hebrew behind Numbers 29:30

  • "Offering" (מִנְחָה, minchah): This word refers to a grain offering, usually made of flour, oil, and sometimes incense. It highlights that not all offerings were animal sacrifices; some were from the produce of the land.
  • "Drink offerings" (נֶסֶךְ, nesech): This term means a poured-out liquid, usually wine, that accompanied the animal and grain offerings, showing a complete act of giving.
  • "Number" (מִסְפָּר, mispar): This word means "count" or "number," stressing that the offerings were to be precisely matched to the number of animals sacrificed.
  • "Manner" (מִשְׁפָּט, mishpat): This word is often translated as "ordinance" or "custom," pointing to the fact that these offerings followed a specific, established rule.

Why Numbers 29:30 matters

  • Numbers 29:30 clarifies that the offerings were not random or left to personal choice; they were carefully regulated and tied to the number and type of animals, ensuring fairness and order in worship.
  • The verse highlights the importance of following God’s instructions exactly, which was a key theme for the Israelites as they learned to live as God’s people.
  • This detail connects to the broader passage, where each day’s offerings are spelled out, showing the rhythm and structure of Israel’s festival worship and the seriousness with which these rituals were to be observed.

Where else these words appear

“offerings” Hebrew H5262 · used in 62 verses

  • Genesis 35:14 And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where he talked with him, even a pillar of stone: and he poured a drink offering thereon, and he poured oil thereon.
  • Numbers 28:24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, throughout the seven days, the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD: it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink 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.

“lambs” Hebrew H3532 · used in 100 verses

  • Exodus 12:5 Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male of the first year: ye shall take it out from the sheep, or from the goats:
  • Numbers 7:53 And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
  • Numbers 29:17 And on the second day ye shall offer twelve young bullocks, two rams, fourteen lambs of the first year without spot:

“bullocks” Hebrew H6499 · used in 119 verses

  • Genesis 32:15 Thirty milch camels with their colts, forty kine, and ten bulls, twenty she asses, and ten foals.
  • Numbers 7:57 One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
  • Numbers 29:33 And their meat offering and their drink offerings for the bullocks, for the rams, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the manner:

“number” Hebrew H4557 · used in 129 verses

  • Genesis 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
  • Deuteronomy 33:6 Let Reuben live, and not die; and let not his men be few.
  • Ezra 3:4 They kept also the feast of tabernacles, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the custom, as the duty of every day required;