Reading , "And He said to him: 'Take me a heifer of three years old (, "meshuleshet"), a she-goat of three years old (, "meshuleshet"), and a ram of three years old (, "meshulash"),'" a Midrash read , "meshuleshet", to mean “three-fold” or “three kinds,” indicating sacrifices for three different purposes. The Midrash deduced that God thus showed Abraham three kinds of bullocks, three kinds of goats, and three kinds of rams that Abraham's descendants would need to sacrifice. The three kinds of bullocks were: (1) the bullock that would require the Israelites to sacrifice on the Day of Atonement (, "Yom Kippur"), (2) the bullock that would require the Israelites to bring on account of unwitting transgression of the law, and (3) the heifer whose neck would require the Israelites to break.