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Exodus 29:40

Exodus 29:40
And with the one lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And with the one lamb a tenth deal,.... That is, the tenth part of an "ephah", as Jarchi and Aben Ezra, which is an "omer", and held as much as a man could eat in one day, or more, see Exo 16:18,

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Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Exodus 29:38-46

Exo 29:38 The continual burnt-offering - The primary purpose of the national altar is here set forth. The victim slain every morning and every evening was an acknowledgment that the life of the people…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

A tenth deal of flour - Deal signifies a part, from the Anglo-Saxon word, to divide; hence, a part, a portion taken from the whole. From Num 28:5 we learn that this tenth deal was the tenth part of an…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Exodus 29:38-46

In this paragraph we have,

I. The daily service appointed. A lamb was to be offered upon the altar every morning, and a lamb every evening, each with a meat-offering, both made by fire, as a continual…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The minḥâh, or -meal-offering" (see Leviticus 2), as it is expressly termed in the " Num 28:5, which in P is the regular concomitant of a burnt-offering (see Num 15:1-12; and cf. Num 28:9; Num…