Numbers 28:23

Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Numbers 28:23 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
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You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
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The same verse in 3 English versions, stacked beneath the original-language interlinear above. Click any original word for its lexicon entry.

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    You shall do these apart from the burnt offering of the morning, which is for the burnt offering of the continuity.

unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).

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  • World English Bible Public Domain
    You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
  • Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
    You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
  • Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
    You are to present these in addition to the regular morning burnt offering.
  • King James Version Public Domain
    Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
  • American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
    Ye shall offer these besides the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering.
  • Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
    Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
  • Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
    Ye shall prepare these, beside the burnt offering in the morning, which is a continuall burnt sacrifice.
  • Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
    Besides the morning holocaust which you shall always offer.
  • Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
    `Apart from the burnt-offering of the morning, which `is' for the continual burnt-offering, ye prepare these;
  • Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    Apart from the burnt-offering of the morning, which [is] for the continual burnt-offering, you prepare these;
  • Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
    You must offer these in addition to the regular burnt offering required each morning.
  • unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
    You shall do these apart from the burnt offering of the morning, which is for the burnt offering of the continuity.
  • Darby Bible Public Domain
    Besides the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering, shall ye offer this.
  • World Messianic Bible Public Domain
    You shall offer these in addition to the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.
  • Webster's Bible Public Domain
    Ye shall offer these besides the burnt-offering in the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering.
  • Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
    You are to present these offerings in addition to the continual morning burnt offering.
  • Bible in Basic English Public Domain
    These are to be offered in addition to the morning burned offering, which is a regular burned offering at all times.
  • JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
    Ye shall offer these beside the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt-offering.

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הַתָּמִ֑יד
tâmîyd
H8548
“the · continually”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
Part of Speech
Particle + Noun
Type
Common
Gender
Masculine
Number
Singular
State
Absolute
Full BDB Definition

Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch

TWOT: 1157a

continuity, perpetuity, to stretch - continually, continuously (as adverb) - continuity (substantive)
  1. מִלְּבַד֙ bad H905 “from · to/for · apart of” Preposition + Preposition + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct
  2. עֹלַ֣ת ʻôlâh H5930 “burnt offering of” Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  3. הַבֹּ֔קֶר bôqer H1242 “the · morning” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute
  4. אֲשֶׁ֖ר ʼăsher H834 “which” Particle, Relative
  5. לְעֹלַ֣ת ʻôlâh H5930 “to/for · burnt offering of” Preposition + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Construct
  6. תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ ʻâsâh H6213 “to do” Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 2nd Person, Masculine, Plural
  7. אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
  8. אֵֽלֶּה ʼêl-leh H428 “these” Pronoun, Demonstrative, Common, Plural

About this verse

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9
words
8
distinct lemmas
Pentateuch
section

Grammatical profile

  • 1 verb
  • 5 nouns
  • 1 pronoun
  • 2 particles

Verb forms

  • תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ Qal · Imperfect

Repetition

A word recurs within this verse — often emphatic in Hebrew:

  • עֹלַ֣ת burnt offering H5930 ×2

Hebrew & Septuagint length

In English translation the verse runs 18 words from the Hebrew and 18 from the Septuagint (LXX English) — the same length.

A rough comparison of the two English renderings, which tokenize alike — not a word-level alignment.

Word counts can differ between the Hebrew and the Greek without any difference in meaning — e.g. the Hebrew direct-object marker אֵת has no separate Greek word, and Greek often adds the article ὁ.

In the original languages it is 9 Hebrew tokens and 12 Greek tokens — but the two are counted differently (Hebrew bundles its prefixes and suffixes into one token; the Greek is in lemma form), so that isn’t a like-for-like length.

Cross-references

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Topical passages linked to Numbers 28:23 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.

  • Numbers 28:3 You shall tell them, This is the offering made by fire which you shall offer to Yahweh: he-lambs a year old without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt offering.
  • Numbers 28:10 this is the burnt offering of every Sabbath, besides the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering of it.

Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint

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Hebrew Numbers 28:23 Masoretic · Westminster Leningrad Codex

מִלְּבַד֙ עֹלַ֣ת הַבֹּ֔קֶר אֲשֶׁ֖ר לְעֹלַ֣ת הַתָּמִ֑יד תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ אֶת אֵֽלֶּה

You shall offer these besides the burnt offering of the morning, which is for a continual burnt offering.

World English Bible · Public Domain

Greek LXX Numbers 28:23 Septuagint · lemma form

πλήν ὁ ὁλοκαύτωσις ὁ διά πᾶς ὁ πρωινός ὅς εἰμί ὁλοκαύτωμα ἐνδελεχισμός

Beside the perpetual whole burnt offering in the morning, which is a whole burnt sacrifice for a continuance,

LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) · Public Domain

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from LXX2012 (modern English Septuagint) (Public Domain). How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →

Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)

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The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.

  1. Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    בַּר מֵעֲלַת צַפְרָא דְהִּיא עֲלַת תְּדִירָא תַּעְבְּדוּן יָת אִלֵין

    (no public-domain English translation for this verse)

    Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

  2. Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
    בַּר מֵעֲלַת צַפְרָא דִי לְעָלָתָא תְּדִירָא תַּעַבְדוּן יַת אִלֵין קוּרְבָּנַיָא

    beside the burnt sacrifice of the morning, the perpetual burnt sacrifice, you shall make these offerings.

    Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.

Commentary

Notes on Numbers 28:23 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.

Lemma curates 59 commentaries, every one of them public domain or Creative Commons licensed, each selected and text-cleaned for this edition rather than reprinted as found. About our sources →

Joseph Benson's Commentary

Num 28:23. In the morning — And that in the evening too, as is evident from other passages of Scripture. But the morning sacrifice alone is mentioned, both because the celebration of the feast began with it, and because this alone was doubtful whether this might not be omitted, when so many other sacrifices were offered in that morning: whereas, there was no question but the evening sacrifice should be offered, when there were none other to be offered. This solemn festival was designed as an acknowledgment of God’s goodness in bringing them out of Egypt, and making them a free people; which was the foundation of all their future blessings.

Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill's Exposition

After this manner ye shall offer daily throughout the seven days,.... That is, two bullocks, one ram, and seven lambs, for a burnt offering, on everyone of the seven days; but then they were not all holy convocations, only the first and last:

the meat of the sacrifice made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the Lord; it seems by this that only the burnt offering was offered up every day, but not a goat of the sin offering, that was peculiar to the first day:

it shall be offered beside the continual burnt offering, and his drink offering; which is again repeated, that it might be diligently observed.

John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.

Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Offer, as well as that in the evening, which was in less danger of being forgotten.

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

Matthew Poole's English Annotations

And that in the evening too, as is evident from the nature of the thing, and from other scriptures; but the morning sacrifice alone is mentioned, partly because the celebration of the feast began with it, and principally because this alone was doubtful, whether this might not be omitted when so many other sacrifices were offered in that morning, whereas there was no question but the evening sacrifice should be offered, when there were none other besides it to be offered.

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible

Daniel D. Whedon

23. Beside the burnt offering — The daily sacrifice, Num_28:3, note. In addition there was a lamb for a burnt offering accompanied by the wave sheaf. Lev_23:12, note.

Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

The Pulpit Commentary

Ye shall offer these beside the burnt offering in the morning, i.e., in addition to, and immediately after, the usual morning sacrifice. Even when it is not expressly stated, the presumption is that all the sacrifices here treated of were cumulative. Thus the sabbath of the passover (Joh_19:31) would have the proper sacrifices

(1) of the day,

(2) of the sabbath,

(3) of the feast of Mattsoth, comprising two bullocks, one ram, eleven lambs, with their meat offerings and drink offerings.

The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

In the morning - And that in the evening too, as is evident from other scriptures; but the morning-sacrifice alone is mentioned, because the celebration of the feast began with it, and principally because this alone was doubtful, whether this might not be omitted when so many other sacrifices were offered in that morning, whereas there was no question but the evening sacrifice should be offered, when there were none other to be offered.

John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.

Keil & Delitzsch

C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch

The festal sacrifices of the seven days were to be prepared "in addition to the morning burnt-offering, which served as the continual burnt-offering." This implies that the festal sacrifices commanded were to be prepared and offered every day after the morning sacrifice.

Keil & Delitzsch — Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament (1861–1891) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API. (Old Testament only.)

unfoldingWord translationNotes

Door43 World Missions Community

required each morning

This can be stated in active form. AT: "which Yahweh requires each morning" (See: Active or Passive)

As described here

This can be stated in active form. AT: "As I, Yahweh, have described here" (See: Active or Passive)

the food of the offering made by fire

This can be stated in active form. AT: "you must burn the food offering on the altar" (See: Active or Passive)

a sweet aroma for Yahweh

"as a sweet aroma for Yahweh"

It must be offered

This can be stated in active form. AT: "You must offer it" (See: Active or Passive)

have a holy assembly to honor Yahweh

"gather together to worship and honor Yahweh." The phrase "a holy assembly" means the people gather together to worship Yahweh. Worshiping Yahweh is a holy event.

translationWords

Passover

drink offering

unfoldingWord translationNotes — © Distant Shores Media and the Door43 World Missions Community, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Source: git.door43.org/Door43/en_tn.

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Numbers, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 9 words (8 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is tâmîyd (“continually”). A historical commentator’s framing appears above. Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.

Discussion questions

  1. The word tâmîyd carries the sense “continually.” How does it shape the verse?
  2. How does Numbers 28:3, which shares this passage’s theme, read alongside this verse?
  3. What does the repetition of “burnt offering” (2× in this one verse) do in this verse?
  4. These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
  5. «תַּעֲשׂ֖וּ» is a Qal Imperfect verb. How does that grammatical form shape the action described?
  6. Compare how Joseph Benson's Commentary and John Gill's Exposition read this verse. Where do they agree or differ?

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