And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the LORD in Shiloh: and the child was young.
She took him up with her, with three bullocks, х bªpaariym (H6499), with bullocks (a word used, with few exceptions, only of bullocks for sacrifice); Septuagint, en moschoo trietizonti, with a bullock or calf of three years old, which is probably the true rendering (cf. 1 Samuel 1:25)]. This, including the other articles enumerated here, constituted [hagigaah] the Khagigah, a festive thank-offering made by families or private individuals in connection with the Passover, but distinct from the appointed public offerings of the sanctuary. These private sacrifices or freewill offerings were often connected with the public festivals, both in honour of the sacred season and for the sake of convenience (1 Samuel 2:12-16; 1 Samuel 2:19; Numbers 10:10; Deuteronomy 14:26; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14). They might be eaten in any clean place within the city (Leviticus 10:14; Deuteronomy 16:11; Deuteronomy 16:14), but only by those who were ceremonially clean (Numbers 9:10-13; Numbers 18:11; Numbers 18:13; 2 Chronicles 30:18; John 11:55: cf. Josephus, 'Jewish Wars,' b.
vi., ch. 9:, sec. 3).