Numbers 8:8

8 "Then let them take a bull * * with ¹its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering.

Numbers 8:8 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 8:8

Then let them take a young bullock
Of two years old, as the Jewish writers gather from the other in the next clause, being called the second; though the wise men say one of three years old is fit for such a sacrifice; nay, others say, if four or five years old; but the decision is according to the wise men ^F17

with his meat offering, [even] fine flour mingled with oil:
which always went along with a burnt offering, and consisted of three tenth deals of line flour, and half an hin of oil, ( Numbers 28:12 Numbers 28:14 ) ;

and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering;
which was the offering for the sin of the whole congregation of Israel, through ignorance; and this being for all the Levites, and they being instead of the firstborn of Israel, such an offering was required; and though there was no particular sin charged upon them, but it became necessary for their perfect cleansing and expiation.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 Misn. Parah, c. 1. sect. 2. & Bartenora in ib.

Numbers 8:8 In-Context

6 "Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them.

7 "Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying water on them, and let them use a razor over their whole body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean.

8 "Then let them take a bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering.

9 "So you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,

10 and present the Levites before the LORD ; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.

Cross References

• 1. Leviticus 2:1; Numbers 15:8-10

Footnotes

• [a] Or "bull of the herd"
• [b] Or "bull of the herd"