The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
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The priest shall take a handful of the meal offering, as its memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
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And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof, and burn it upon the altar, and afterward shall cause the woman to drink the water.
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And the priest shall take a handful of the meal-offering, as the memorial-part thereof, and make it smoke upon the altar, and afterward shall make the woman drink the water.
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Passages linked to Numbers 5:26 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Leviticus 2:2 He shall bring it to Aaron’s sons, the priests. He shall take his handful of its fine flour, and of its oil, with all its frankincense, and the priest shall burn its memorial on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 2:9 The priest shall take from the meal offering its memorial, and shall burn it on the altar, an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
- Leviticus 5:12 He shall bring it to the priest, and the priest shall take his handful of it as the memorial portion, and burn it on the altar, on the offerings of Yahweh made by fire. It is a sin offering.
- Leviticus 6:15 He shall take from there his handful of the fine flour of the meal offering, and of its oil, and all the frankincense which is on the meal offering, and shall burn it on the altar for a pleasant aroma, as its memorial portion, to Yahweh.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Where the incense was offered.
Where the incense was offered.
Or, perfume.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The memorial thereof, of which see Lev 2:2.
The memorial thereof, of which see Lev 2:2.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the priest shall take an handful of the…
And the priest shall take an handful of the offering, even the memorial thereof,.... For good or evil, according as her works were, as Aben Ezra observes; a memorial for good, if innocent, and a memorial for evil, if guilty:
and burn it upon the altar; as the handful of other meat offerings used to be, Lev 1:2,
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and afterwards shall cause the woman to drink the water; oblige her to it; having proceeded thus far, and no confession made, namely, an oath taken, the curses of it written in a scroll and scraped into the waters, and the jealousy offering waved and offered.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 26. The memorial thereof — The Hebrew for memorial…
26. The memorial thereof — The Hebrew for memorial differs from that in Num_5:15. Furst thinks that it is because the frankincense and oil are not used, it being a memorial of iniquity. The memorial was both objective, bringing the offerer to the remembrance of God, and subjective, bringing God to the remembrance of the sacrifice. See note on Lev_2:2.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 26. an handful of the meal-offering] In accordance with…
26. an handful of the meal-offering] In accordance with the general regulation laid down in Lev_2:2.
as the memorial-offering thereof] The technical term ’azkârâh is confined to P . It is used of the frankincense burned for the Presence-bread (Lev_24:7), the meal of the poor man’s sin-offering (Lev_5:11 f.), and the meal-offering (here, Lev_2:2; Lev_2:9; Lev_2:16; Lev_6:15). The burning of the incense or meal in each case was to bring the worshipper before God’s memory. Cf. Exo_28:29.
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and afterward &c.] Strictly interpreted this is a second draught which the woman is made to take. But a second draught is very improbable. There has apparently been some accidental disarrangement of the text. Notice that Num_5:27 b repeats the substance of Num_5:24.
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