Numbers 8:8
New International Version
Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the finest flour mixed with olive oil; then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

New Living Translation
Have them bring a young bull and a grain offering of choice flour moistened with olive oil, along with a second young bull for a sin offering.

English Standard Version
Then let them take a bull from the herd and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering.

Berean Standard Bible
Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

King James Bible
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.

New King James Version
Then let them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull as a sin offering.

New American Standard Bible
Then have them take a bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and you shall take a second bull as a sin offering.

NASB 1995
“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.

NASB 1977
“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.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then let them take a bull from the herd with its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull from the herd you shall take for a sin offering.

Amplified Bible
Then let them take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull as a sin offering.

Christian Standard Bible
“They are to take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
They are to take a young bull and its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

American Standard Version
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil; and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

Contemporary English Version
They are to bring a bull and its proper grain sacrifice of flour mixed with olive oil. And they must bring a second bull as a sacrifice for sin.

English Revised Version
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Next, they must take a young bull and the grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil that is offered with it. You must take a second young bull as an offering for sin.

Good News Translation
Then they are to take a young bull and the required grain offering of flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take another bull for the sin offering.

International Standard Version
They are to take a young bull along with its meal offering made of flour mixed with oil. Then you are to take a second young bull as a sin offering.

Majority Standard Bible
Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.

NET Bible
Then they are to take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with olive oil; and you are to take a second young bull for a purification offering.

New Heart English Bible
Then let them take a young bull, and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.

Webster's Bible Translation
Then let them take a young bullock with his meat-offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

World English Bible
Then let them take a young bull and its meal offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and another young bull you shall take for a sin offering.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, and you take a second bullock, a son of the herd, for a sin-offering;

Young's Literal Translation
and have taken a bullock, a son of the herd, and its present, flour mixed with oil, -- and a second bullock a son of the herd thou dost take for a sin-offering,

Smith's Literal Translation
And they took a bullock, son of a cow, and his gift fine flour mixed with oil, and a second bullock, son of a cow, thou shalt take for sin.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
They shall take an ox of the herd, and for the offering thereof fine flour tempered with oil: and thou shalt take another ox of the herd for a sin offering:

Catholic Public Domain Version
they shall take an ox from the herd, with its libation of fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil; then you shall receive another ox from the herd for sin.

New American Bible
Then they shall take a bull from the herd, along with its grain offering of bran flour mixed with oil; and you shall take another bull from the herd for a purification offering.

New Revised Standard Version
Then let them take a young bull and its grain offering of choice flour mixed with oil, and you shall take another young bull for a sin offering.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then let them take a young bullock with its meal offering, a dish full of fine flour mixed with oil, and another young bullock shall you offer for a sin offering.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they shall take one bull, son of a herd, and its offering: one plate full of meal mixed with oil, and offer another bull, a son of a herd for sin.
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Then let them take a young bullock, and its meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin-offering.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And they shall take one calf of the herd, and its meat-offering, fine flour mingled with oil: and thou shalt take a calf of a year old of the herd for a sin-offering.

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Context
Cleansing the Levites
7This is what you must do to cleanse them: Sprinkle them with the water of purification. Have them shave their whole bodies and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves. 8Then have them take a young bull with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering. 9Bring the Levites before the Tent of Meeting and assemble the whole congregation of Israel.…

Cross References
Leviticus 1:4
He is to lay his hand on the head of the burnt offering, so it can be accepted on his behalf to make atonement for him.

Leviticus 4:20
He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven.

Leviticus 5:6
and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.

Leviticus 14:19-20
Then the priest is to sacrifice the sin offering and make atonement for the one to be cleansed from his uncleanness. After that, the priest shall slaughter the burnt offering / and offer it on the altar, with the grain offering, to make atonement for him, and he will be clean.

Leviticus 16:6
Aaron is to present the bull for his sin offering and make atonement for himself and his household.

Leviticus 16:11
When Aaron presents the bull for his sin offering and makes atonement for himself and his household, he is to slaughter the bull for his own sin offering.

Leviticus 16:15-16
Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. / So he shall make atonement for the Most Holy Place because of the impurities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to do the same for the Tent of Meeting which abides among them in the midst of their impurities.

Leviticus 16:21
Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.

Leviticus 16:30
because on this day atonement will be made for you to cleanse you, and you will be clean from all your sins before the LORD.

Leviticus 17:11
For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for your souls upon the altar; for it is the blood that makes atonement for the soul.

Hebrews 9:12
He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

Hebrews 9:22
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

Hebrews 10:4
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Hebrews 10:10
And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

Hebrews 10:14
because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.


Treasury of Scripture

Then let them take a young bullock with his meat offering, even fine flour mingled with oil, and another young bullock shall you take for a sin offering.

a young

Exodus 29:1,3
And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two rams without blemish, …

Leviticus 1:3
If his offering be a burnt sacrifice of the herd, let him offer a male without blemish: he shall offer it of his own voluntary will at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD.

Leviticus 8:2
Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and a bullock for the sin offering, and two rams, and a basket of unleavened bread;

his meat

Numbers 15:8,9
And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the LORD: …

Leviticus 2:1
And when any will offer a meat offering unto the LORD, his offering shall be of fine flour; and he shall pour oil upon it, and put frankincense thereon:

another

Leviticus 4:3,14
If the priest that is anointed do sin according to the sin of the people; then let him bring for his sin, which he hath sinned, a young bullock without blemish unto the LORD for a sin offering…

Leviticus 16:3
Thus shall Aaron come into the holy place: with a young bullock for a sin offering, and a ram for a burnt offering.

Isaiah 53:10
Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief: when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin, he shall see his seed, he shall prolong his days, and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand.

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Have them take a young bull
The Hebrew word for "young bull" is "par," which often signifies strength and vitality. In the ancient Near Eastern context, bulls were symbols of power and fertility, and they were commonly used in sacrificial rituals. The choice of a young bull for this offering underscores the importance of the sacrifice, as it represents the best and most vigorous of the herd. This act of taking a young bull signifies a dedication of strength and vitality to God, acknowledging His sovereignty and provision.

along with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil
The grain offering, or "minchah" in Hebrew, was a tribute to God, symbolizing the fruits of human labor. "Fine flour" indicates the highest quality, suggesting that offerings to God should be of the best we have. The mixing with oil, often olive oil, represents richness and the presence of the Holy Spirit. This combination of flour and oil in the offering signifies a life dedicated to God, enriched by His Spirit, and the blending of human effort with divine blessing.

then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering
The "sin offering," or "chatta'ah" in Hebrew, was a sacrifice made to atone for unintentional sins and to purify the people. The use of a second young bull emphasizes the gravity of sin and the need for atonement. In the broader scriptural context, this offering points to the necessity of repentance and the provision of forgiveness through sacrifice. It foreshadows the ultimate sacrifice of Christ, who, as the Lamb of God, takes away the sin of the world. The repetition of the young bull in this context highlights the completeness of the atonement process, addressing both the dedication to God and the cleansing from sin.

Verse 8. - Another young bullock shalt thou take for a sin offering. The ordinary sin offering was a shaggy one of the goats (see on chapter Numbers 7:16); but a bullock had been prescribed for the sin of the high priest, and for the sin of the congregation, in certain circumstances, and the analogy is followed here. It might seem as if the larger animal were meant to distinguish aggregate or collective guilt (see on Leviticus 4:3); but the scapegoat offered for the sin of the whole people makes against such a supposition.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then have them take
וְלָֽקְחוּ֙ (wə·lā·qə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3947: To take

a young bull
פַּ֣ר (par)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer

with its grain offering
וּמִנְחָת֔וֹ (ū·min·ḥā·ṯōw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4503: A donation, tribute, a sacrificial offering

of fine flour
סֹ֖לֶת (sō·leṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5560: Fine flour

mixed
בְּלוּלָ֣ה (bə·lū·lāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 1101: To mingle, mix, confuse, confound

with oil,
בַשָּׁ֑מֶן (ḇaš·šā·men)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8081: Grease, liquid, richness

and you are to take
תִּקַּ֥ח (tiq·qaḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a second
שֵׁנִ֥י (šê·nî)
Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

young bull
וּפַר־ (ū·p̄ar-)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6499: Young bull, steer

for a sin offering.
לְחַטָּֽאת׃ (lə·ḥaṭ·ṭāṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2403: An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender


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