Numbers 28:27

וְהִקְרַבְתֶּם עוֹלָה לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ לַֽיהוָה פָּרִים בְּנֵי־בָקָר שְׁנַיִם אַיִל אֶחָד שִׁבְעָה כְבָשִׂים בְּנֵי שָׁנָֽה׃

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Hebrew

וְהִקְרַבְתֶּ֨ם עוֹלָ֜ה לְרֵ֤יחַ נִיחֹ֙חַ֙ לַֽיהוָ֔ה פָּרִ֧ים בְּנֵי־בָקָ֛ר שְׁנַ֖יִם אַ֣יִל אֶחָ֑ד שִׁבְעָ֥ה כְבָשִׂ֖ים בְּנֵ֥י שָׁנָֽה׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ προσάξετε ὁλοκαυτώματα εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας κυρίῳ· μόσχους ἐκ βοῶν δύο, κριὸν ἕνα, ἑπτὰ ἀμνοὺς ἐνιαυσίους ἀμώμους·

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Offeretisque holocaustum in odorem suavissimum Domino, vitulos de armento duos, arietem unum, et agnos anniculos immaculatos septem:

Spanish

Presentarán un holocausto de aroma agradable a Yehová que consistirá en dos toros jóvenes, un carnero y siete corderos de un año.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Y ofreceréis en holocausto, en olor de suavidad á Jehová, dos becerros de la vacada, un carnero, siete corderos de un año:

English

Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,

✦ What the text says

Summary

Numbers 28:27 instructs the community to bring a burnt offering producing a soothing odor for Yehovah, specifying the exact animals required: two young bulls, one ram, and seven lambs, each a year old.

Key words

hik.rav.Tem ("you will bring near", H7126H) — hiphil (causative) sequential perfect, plural "you"; continues a chain of instructions, indicating this offering follows previously commanded ones in sequence.
o.Lah ("a burnt offering", H5930A) — feminine singular noun naming the offering type that is wholly consumed.
ni.Cho.ach ("soothing", H5207) — masculine singular noun modifying Rei.ach ("odor of", H7381), together forming the fixed expression describing the offering's effect.
be.nei- ("young ones of", H1121H) and be.Nei ("sons of", H1121L) — both construct-form plurals of the same root, used twice to specify age/origin: "young ones of cattle" (bulls) and "sons of a year" (lambs one year old).
she.Na.yim ("two", H8147), 'e.Chad ("one", H0259), shiv.'Ah ("seven", H7651) — cardinal numbers fixing the exact quantity of each animal type.

What the text says

The verse continues a sequence begun earlier in the chapter, marked by the narrative ve ("and", H9001) attached to the sequential perfect verb hik.rav.Tem ("you will bring near", H7126H). This hiphil form is causative, literally "you will cause to draw near," the standard verb for presenting an offering at the altar. The direct object is o.Lah ("a burnt offering", H5930A), followed by the construct phrase le.Rei.ach ni.Cho.ach la.Yehovah ("to an odor of soothing to Yehovah") — a fixed idiom describing the offering's effect rather than a literal scent.

The animals are listed in construct chains that specify their category by age or class: pa.Rim be.nei-va.Kar ("young bulls, young ones of cattle") uses a construct phrase to clarify that these are cattle offspring, and khe.va.Sim be.Nei sha.Nah ("lambs, sons of a year") uses the same construct pattern to indicate the lambs are one year old. The numbers she.Na.yim ("two", H8147), 'A.yil 'e.Chad ("a ram, one", combining H0352A and H0259), and shiv.'Ah ("seven", H7651) each follow or precede their respective nouns, fixing exact quantities: two bulls, one ram, seven lambs.

Differences between versions

The LXX adds ἀμώμους ("unblemished/without blemish") describing the lambs, a qualifier not present in the Hebrew text as given. The Vulgate similarly adds immaculatos ("unblemished") for the lambs, matching the LXX's addition rather than the Hebrew wording shown here.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.