King James Version
Numbers 29:4 in the King James Version says “And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:”
Numbers 29:4 · KJV
And ye shall offer a burnt offering for a sweet savour unto the LORD; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year without blemish:
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals for a bullock, and two tenth deals for a ram,
And one tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
And one kid of the goats for a sin offering, to make an atonement for you:
Beside the burnt offering of the month, and his meat offering, and the daily burnt offering, and his meat offering, and their drink offerings, according unto their manner, for a sweet savour, a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“throughout the seven”
H7651seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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