Numbers 28:30Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

Douay-RheimsHebrew (Masoretic text)

Which is slain for expiation: besides the perpetual holocaust and the libations thereof.
Douay-Rheims

שְׂעִ֥יר עִזִּ֖ים אֶחָ֑ד לְכַפֵּ֖ר עֲלֵיכֶֽם׃
Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

One Church Father comments on this verse

Cyrill of Alexandria

5th centuryChurch Father

For a burnt offering and sacrifice, two young bulls, one ram, seven male lambs, flour mixed with oil, and a goat shall be presented. The significance of this enigmatic commandment of the law has already been discussed (Num. 28:19-22), and there is no need to reiterate it.

Cross references

Passages read together with this verse.

Num 28:22And one buck goat for sin, to make atonement for you,
Num 28:15A buck goat also shall be offered to the Lord for a sin offering over and above the perpetual holocaust with its libations.
1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also died once for our sins, the just for the unjust: that he might offer us to God, being put to death indeed in the flesh, but enlivened in the spirit,
2 Cor 5:21Him, who knew no sin, he hath made sin for us: that we might be made the justice of God in him.
1 Pet 2:24Who his own self bore our sins in his body upon the tree: that we, being dead to sins, should live to justice: by whose stripes you were healed.
Num 15:24And the multitude have forgotten to do it: they shall offer a calf out of the herd, a holocaust for a most sweet savour to the Lord, and the sacrifice and libations thereof, as the ceremonies require, and a buck goat for sin:
Gal 3:13Christ hath redeemed us from the curse of the law, being made a curse for us (for it is written: Cursed is every one that hangeth on a tree).