What Does Numbers 28:21 Mean in the King James?

A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs:

Numbers 28:21 · KJV

The analysis reads the King James wording.

King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.

THE KEY

The sevenfold whole is formed by giving the same measured portion to each lamb, one by one.

THE MEANING

Each lamb receives its own tenth deal, and that measure repeats across all seven. The full offering holds together through portions assigned to each one.

THE ROOT

עִשָּׂרוֹן

ʿissārôn

GROWS FROM

עשר

ten; a count of ten

“tenth deal” in this verse is ʿissārôn. The word ⁨עִשָּׂרוֹן⁩ (ʿissārôn, a tenth measure) grows from ⁨עשר⁩ (ʿāśar, ten). The same root links the count of ten with a one-in-ten share, showing how each distinct portion contributes to the whole.

ALSO GROWS

ʿeser: ten

עֶשֶׂר

The basic count behind the tenth measure named in the verse.

maʿaser: tithe; a tenth

מַעֲשֵׂר

This branch makes the one-in-ten share explicit, echoing the measure assigned to each lamb.

THE PATTERN

A shared whole is assembled through a distinct, measured share assigned to each one.

And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

Exodus 29:40 · KJVOne lamb has its own tenth deal and accompanying measures, making the portion explicit.

But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.

1 Corinthians 12:11 · KJVThe shared work is distributed to each person in a distinct way.

Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

1 Corinthians 16:2 · KJVEach person sets aside a portion according to what has been given to them.

THE THREAD

And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

Exodus 29:40 · KJV

Numbers uses ⁨עִשָּׂרוֹן⁩ (ʿissārôn, a tenth measure), from ⁨עשר⁩ (ʿāśar, ten); Exodus names that same measure alongside one lamb. Together, the verses show the tenth as a repeated portion within the offering, not an isolated number.

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