Numbers 28-30
New Life Version
Daily Gifts on the Altar
28 The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Tell the people of Israel, ‘Be careful to bring My gift, My food for My gifts by fire, as a pleasing smell to me, at the right time.’ 3 And say to them, ‘This is the gift by fire which you must give to the Lord. Give two perfect male lambs one year old, as a burnt gift every day. 4 Give one lamb in the morning, and the other lamb in the evening. 5 And give a tenth part of a basket of fine flour for a grain gift, mixed with a fourth part of a jar of beaten oil. 6 It is a burnt gift which was set apart at Mount Sinai as a pleasing smell, a gift by fire always to the Lord. 7 Its drink gift will be a fourth part of a jar for each lamb. Pour out a drink gift of strong drink to the Lord in the holy place. 8 Give the other lamb in the evening. Like the grain gift of the morning, and like its drink gift, you will give it as a gift by fire. It is a pleasing smell to the Lord.
Day of Rest Gifts
9 ‘On the Day of Rest give a gift of two perfect male lambs one year old. With it give two-tenths part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift, and its drink gift. 10 The burnt gift of every Day of Rest is to be added to the burnt gift which is always given and its drink gift.
Gifts Each Month
11 ‘Then you must give a burnt gift to the Lord at the beginning of your months. Give two bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old that are perfect. 12 Give three-tenths part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift for each bull. Give two-tenths part of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift for the one ram. 13 And give a tenth part of a basket of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift for each lamb. They are to be given for a burnt gift of a pleasing smell, a gift by fire to the Lord. 14 Their drink gifts will be half a jar of wine for a bull, a third of a jar for the ram, and a fourth part of a jar for a lamb. This is the burnt gift of each month for all the months of the year. 15 And give one male goat for a sin gift to the Lord. It will be given with its drink gift, besides each day’s burnt gift.
Gifts at Passover
16 ‘The fourteenth day of the first month will be the Lord’s Passover. 17 A special supper will be on the fifteenth day of this month. Bread without yeast will be eaten for seven days. 18 On the first day will be a holy gathering. You must do no hard work. 19 You will give a gift by fire, a burnt gift to the Lord. It will be two bulls, one ram, and seven perfect male lambs one year old. 20 And give fine flour mixed with oil for their grain gift. Give three-tenths part of a basket for a bull, two-tenths part for a ram, 21 and a tenth part of a basket for each of the seven lambs. 22 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, to pay for your sins. 23 Give these besides the burnt gift of the morning, which is each day’s burnt gift. 24 Give the food of the gift by fire in this way each day for seven days, as a pleasing smell to the Lord. Give it with its drink gift, besides each day’s burnt gift. 25 And on the seventh day you will have a holy gathering. You must do no hard work.
Gifts at Supper of Weeks
26 ‘You will have a holy gathering on the day of the first-fruits also. This is when you will bring a gift of new grain to the Lord in your Special Supper of Weeks. You must do no hard work. 27 And you will give for a pleasing smell to the Lord a burnt gift of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old. 28 Give fine flour mixed with oil for their grain gift. Give three-tenths part of a basket for each bull, two-tenths part for the one ram, 29 and a tenth part for each of the seven lambs. 30 And give one male goat to pay for your sins. 31 These gifts should be besides each day’s burnt gift and its grain gift. Give them with their drink gifts. The animals must be perfect.
Gifts at Supper of Horns
29 ‘You will have a holy gathering on the first day of the seventh month. You must do no hard work. It is a day for you to blow the horns. 2 Give as a pleasing smell to the Lord a burnt gift of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, all are to be perfect. 3 And give fine flour mixed with oil for their grain gift. Give three-tenths part of a basket for the bull, two-tenths part for the ram, 4 and one-tenth part for each of the seven lambs. 5 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, to pay for your sins. 6 These gifts should be besides the burnt gift of the new moon, and its grain gift, and each day’s burnt gift and its grain gift, and their drink gifts. It must be done by the Law, for a pleasing smell, a gift by fire to the Lord.
Gifts on the Day to Pay for Sins
7 ‘You will have a holy gathering on the tenth day of this seventh month, and be without pride. You must not do any work. 8 You will give to the Lord as a pleasing smell a burnt gift of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old, all are to be perfect. 9 And give fine flour mixed with oil for their grain gift. Give three-tenths part of a basket for the bull, two-tenths part for the one ram, 10 and a tenth part for each of the seven lambs. 11 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides the sin gift to pay for sins, each day’s burnt gift and its grain gift, and their drink gifts.
Gifts at Supper of Tents
12 ‘You will have a holy gathering on the fifteenth day of the seventh month. You must do no hard work, and you will have a special supper to the Lord for seven days. 13 You will give a burnt gift of thirteen bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old that are perfect. They will be a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord. 14 And give fine flour mixed with oil for their grain gift. Give three-tenths part of a basket for each of the thirteen bulls, two-tenths part for each of the two rams, 15 and a tenth part for each of the fourteen lambs. 16 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift, its grain gift and its drink gift.
17 ‘Then on the second day give twelve bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old that are perfect. 18 And give their grain gifts and drink gifts for the number of bulls, rams and lambs, by the Law. 19 Give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift and its grain gift, and their drink gifts.
20 ‘On the third day give eleven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old that are perfect. 21 Give their grain gifts and drink gifts for the number of bulls, rams and lambs, by the Law. 22 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift and its grain gift and drink gift.
23 ‘On the fourth day give ten bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old that are perfect. 24 Give their grain gifts and drink gifts for the number of bulls, rams and lambs, by the Law. 25 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift, its grain gift and drink gift.
26 ‘On the fifth day give nine bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old that are perfect. 27 Give their grain gifts and drink gifts for the number of bulls, rams and lambs, by the Law. 28 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift and its grain gift and drink gift.
29 ‘On the sixth day give eight bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old that are perfect. 30 Give their grain gifts and drink gifts for the number of bulls, rams and lambs, by the Law. 31 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift, its grain gift and drink gift.
32 ‘On the seventh day give seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs one year old that are perfect. 33 Give their grain gifts and drink gifts for the number of bulls, rams and lambs, by the Law. 34 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift, its grain gift and drink gift.
35 ‘You will have a religious gathering on the eighth day. You must do no hard work. 36 But give a burnt gift of one bull, one ram, and seven male lambs one year old that are perfect. It will be a gift by fire, a pleasing smell to the Lord. 37 Give their grain gifts and drink gifts for the bull, the ram and lambs, for their number, by the Law. 38 Then give one male goat for a sin gift, besides each day’s burnt gift and its grain gift and drink gift.
39 ‘Give these to the Lord at the times given, besides your promised gifts and your free-will gifts. They will be for your burnt gifts, your grain gifts, your drink gifts and for your peace gifts.’” 40 Moses said to the people of Israel all that the Lord had told him.
Laws about Agreements
30 Then Moses said to the heads of the families of the sons of Israel, “This is what the Lord has said. 2 If a man makes a promise to the Lord, or swears that he will keep his promise, he must not break his word. He must do all that he said he would do. 3 If a woman makes a promise to the Lord, and swears to keep her promise in her father’s house when she is young, 4 and if her father hears her promise and how she has sworn to keep it, and says nothing to her, then all her promises must be kept. She must keep every promise she has sworn to keep. 5 But if her father does not allow her to keep her promise on the day he hears of it, then she does not need to keep any of the promises she has sworn to keep. The Lord will forgive her because her father would not allow it.
6 “If she gets married and has promises to keep because of what she swore without thinking, 7 and if her husband hears of it and says nothing to her on the day he hears, then she must keep the promises she has sworn to keep. 8 But if on the day he hears of it, her husband does not allow her to keep her promise, then she will not have to keep the promise that she had sworn to keep when she was not thinking. The Lord will forgive her.
9 “A woman whose husband has died or left her must keep the promises she has sworn to keep. 10 But if she has made a promise in her husband’s house, and she has sworn to keep a promise there 11 and if her husband hears of it, and does not go against her or say anything to her, then she must keep all the promises she had sworn to keep. 12 But if her husband does not allow her to keep her promises on the day he hears of them, then she does not have to keep the promises she had sworn to keep. If her husband will not let her keep them, the Lord will forgive her.
13 “Her husband has the right to have her keep, or not keep, any promise she has sworn to keep. 14 But if her husband says nothing to her from day to day, then she must keep all her promises. He made her promises so they could not be changed, because he said nothing to her on the day he heard of them. 15 But if he will not allow her to keep her promises after he has heard of them, then her guilt will be on him.”
16 These are the Laws which the Lord told Moses, between a man and his wife, and between a father and his daughter, while she is young and in her father’s house.
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