King James Version
Numbers 29:9 in the King James Version says “And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one r...” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,”
Numbers 29:9 · KJV
And ye shall have on the tenth day of this seventh month an holy convocation; and ye shall afflict your souls: ye shall not do any work therein:
But ye shall offer a burnt offering unto the LORD for a sweet savour; one young bullock, one ram, and seven lambs of the first year; they shall be unto you without blemish:
And their meat offering shall be of flour mingled with oil, three tenth deals to a bullock, and two tenth deals to one ram,
A several tenth deal for one lamb, throughout the seven lambs:
One kid of the goats for a sin offering; beside the sin offering of atonement, and the continual burnt offering, and the meat offering of it, and their drink offerings.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And their meat offering”
H4503a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)
“mingled”
H1101to overflow (specifically with oil.); by implication, to mix; to fodder
“with oil”
H8081grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
“to a bullock”
H6499a bullock (apparently as breaking forth in wild strength, or perhaps as dividing the hoof)
“ram”
H352properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically an oak or other strong tree
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