Exodus 29:39 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

The one lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Offer one lamb in the morning and the other lamb in the evening.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is instructing Moses about the daily rhythm of worship - one sacrifice in the morning and one in the evening.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of God's detailed instructions to Moses about establishing the priesthood and daily worship practices for the Israelites at Mount Sinai. These daily morning and evening sacrifices would become the foundation of Israel's worship rhythm once the tabernacle was built. This continuous offering represented the people's ongoing relationship with God and their need for atonement.

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King Ahaz gave orders to Urijah the priest, saying, 'Use the great altar to burn the morning burnt offering, the evening grain offering, the king's burnt sacrifice and grain offering, along with the burnt offerings of all the people of the land, their grain offerings, and their drink offerings. Sprinkle all the blood from the burnt offerings and sacrifices on it. But keep the bronze altar for me to seek guidance from God.'

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To offer burnt offerings to the LORD on the altar for burnt offerings every morning and evening, and to do everything that is written in the LORD's law, which he commanded Israel to follow;

1 Chronicles 23:30

And they were to stand every morning to thank and praise the LORD, and also in the evening.

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