What Does Numbers 28:4 Mean in the King James?

The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at even;

Numbers 28:4 · 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 Hebrew verb behind “offer” also means “do” or “make,” presenting devotion as an act repeated at both ends of the day.

THE MEANING

One lamb is offered in the morning and another at evening; the same act returns at the day’s two edges. The verse presents your day as held between repeated acts of giving.

THE ROOT

תַּעֲשֶׂה

taʿaseh

GROWS FROM

עשה

do, make, carry out

The Hebrew verb ⁨תַּעֲשֶׂה⁩ (taʿaseh, “you shall do or make”) is translated “offer” here. Its root ⁨עשה⁩ (ʿasah, “do or make”) lets the offering appear as an enacted deed, repeated in the morning and at evening.

ALSO GROWS

ʿasah: did, made

עָשָׂה

This form shows the same root as a completed act, illuminating the offering as something carried out.

maʿaseh: deed, work

מַעֲשֶׂה

This noun from the same root names an act or work, echoing the verse’s presentation of offering as a repeated deed.

THE PATTERN

Offering is a repeated act that can mark the day’s hours and frame embodied life.

The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

Exodus 29:39 · KJVThe same morning-and-evening rhythm appears as a repeated offering.

Let my prayer be set forth before thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 141:2 · KJVPrayer and lifted hands take the shape of an evening offering.

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.

Romans 12:1 · KJVThe image of offering extends to the presentation of the body as a living sacrifice.

THE THREAD

Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two lambs of the first year day by day continually.

Exodus 29:38 · KJV

Exodus uses the same verb ⁨עשה⁩ (ʿasah, “do or make”) for “offer” and names the two lambs as a continual daily practice. This opens the timing in Numbers as a cadence within an ongoing act, rather than two isolated offerings.

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