Numbers 29:6

מִלְּבַד עֹלַת הַחֹדֶשׁ וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְעֹלַת הַתָּמִיד וּמִנְחָתָהּ וְנִסְכֵּיהֶם כְּמִשְׁפָּטָם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה לַיהוָֽה׃ ס

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Hebrew

מִלְּבַד֩ עֹלַ֨ת הַחֹ֜דֶשׁ וּמִנְחָתָ֗הּ וְעֹלַ֤ת הַתָּמִיד֙ וּמִנְחָתָ֔הּ וְנִסְכֵּיהֶ֖ם כְּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑ם לְרֵ֣יחַ נִיחֹ֔חַ אִשֶּׁ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃ ס

Greek (Septuagint)

πλὴν τῶν ὁλοκαυτωμάτων τῆς νουμηνίας, καὶ αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ σπονδαὶ αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰ ὁλοκαυτώματα διὰ παντὸς καὶ αἱ θυσίαι αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ σπονδαὶ αὐτῶν, κατὰ τὴν σύνκρισιν αὐτῶν, εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας Κυρίου.

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

Latin (Vulgate)

præter holocaustum calendarum cum sacrificiis suis, et holocaustum sempiternum cum libationibus solitis: eisdem cæremoniis offeretis in odorem suavissimum incensum Domino.

Spanish

Esto es adicional al holocausto mensual de luna nueva con su ofrenda de grano, y al holocausto continuo con su ofrenda de grano y sus ofrendas líquidas correspondientes. Estas son ofrendas por fuego, de aroma agradable a Yehová.

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Además del holocausto del mes, y su presente, y el holocausto continuo y su presente, y sus libaciones, conforme á su ley, por ofrenda encendida á Jehová en olor de suavidad.

English

These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD. The Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16:1–34; Leviticus 23:26–32)

✦ What the text says

Summary

Numbers 29:6 specifies that the offerings prescribed for this occasion come in addition to two other standing sacrifices: the burnt offering of the new moon and the continual (daily) burnt offering, each with their accompanying grain and drink offerings. The verse closes by classifying all of this as a fire offering producing a soothing odor for Yehovah.

Key words

mi.lle.Vad (from H9006/H0905J) — the compound preposition-plus-noun construction meaning "besides" or "apart from," signaling that what follows is additional to something already established, not a replacement.
Cho.desh ("new moon", H2320H) — a masculine singular noun referring to the monthly lunar observance; here in construct with "burnt offering of the new moon."
ta.Mid ("continuity", H8548) — a masculine singular noun functioning adjectivally, describing the burnt offering that occurs perpetually/regularly (the daily offering).
min.cha.Ta+h ("grain offering" + "its", H4503G/H9024) — construct noun with pronominal suffix, appearing twice to indicate that each burnt offering (new moon, continual) has its own paired grain offering.
nis.kei.Hem ("drink offerings" + "their", H5262/H9028) — plural construct noun with third-person plural suffix, referring collectively back to the offerings just listed.

What the text says

The Hebrew sentence is built almost entirely from construct chains (noun + noun in "X of Y" relationships), a hallmark of ritual/legal Hebrew that stacks dependent nouns rather than using full clauses. The opening phrase mi.lle.Vad ("besides/apart from") governs the entire list that follows, establishing that the sacrifices described in this verse are cumulative additions to two already-standing offerings: 'o.Lat ha.Cho.desh ("burnt offering of the new moon") and 'o.Lat ha.ta.Mid ("burnt offering of the continual [offering]"). Each of these burnt offerings is paired with its own min.cha.Ta+h ("its grain offering"), using the feminine singular suffix -ah to link back to each specific burnt offering.

The verse then shifts to plural forms — nis.kei.Hem ("their drink offerings") and mish.pa.Tam ("their ordinance/statute") — which grammatically refer to the collection of offerings just enumerated, indicating that the drink offerings and the fixed ritual procedure (ke.mish.pa.Tam, "according to their ordinance") apply to the whole set. The final phrase, le.Rei.ach ni.Cho.ach 'i.Sheh la.Yehovah ("for a soothing odor, a fire offering to Yehovah"), functions as a summary classification attached to the entire offering complex rather than to any single sacrifice.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders 'i.Sheh ("fire offering", H0801) as part of the phrase εἰς ὀσμὴν εὐωδίας Κυρίου ("for an odor of sweet savor of the Lord") without a distinct lexical equivalent for 'i.Sheh itself, folding its sense into the aroma phrase. The Vulgate similarly compresses the Hebrew's separate terms into "incensum Domino" ("incense to the Lord"), where the Hebrew maintains 'i.Sheh and la.Yehovah as distinct final elements.

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