What Does Numbers 28:21 Mean?
One tenth part you shall bring near for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs.
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Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
A several tenth deal shalt thou offer for every lamb, throughout the seven lambs: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
“one tenth part” 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.
With the one lamb, a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of crushed oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a poured offering.But the one and the same breath works all these, portioning to each one as it wills.On the first day of the week, let each of you lay something by at his own side, storing it up, as his way has gone well for him, so that no gatherings are made when I come.THE THREAD
With the one lamb, a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of crushed oil, and a fourth of a hin of wine for a poured offering.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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