28:9 “‘On the Sabbath day, you must offer 3 two unblemished lambs a year old, and two-tenths of an ephah 4 of finely ground flour as a grain offering, mixed with olive oil, along with its drink offering.
1 tn The imperfect tense in this verse is still instructional rather than a simple future. The translations can vary, but the point that it is directive must be caught.
1 sn The first sacrifice was for the purification of the Levites. The second animal, which Moses was to take, would be used for the purification of the tabernacle from all pollution.
1 tn The words “you must offer” are not in the Hebrew text, but are implied. They have been supplied in the translation to make a complete English sentence.
2 sn That is, about 4 quarts.