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Numbers 6:14-17

and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering, one ram without defect for peace offerings, a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil with their meal offering and their drink offerings. The priest shall present them before Yahweh, and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering and its drink offering.

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“ ‘This is the law of the Nazirite: when the days of his separation are fulfilled, he shall be brought to the door of the Tent of Meeting, and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering, one ram without defect for peace offerings, a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil with their meal offering and their drink offerings. The priest shall present them before Yahweh, and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering. He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering and its drink offering. The Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the Tent of Meeting, take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings. The priest shall take the boiled shoulder of the ram, one unleavened cake out of the basket, and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved the head of his separation; and the priest shall wave them for a wave offering before Yahweh. They are holy for the priest, together with the breast that is waved and the thigh that is offered. After that the Nazirite may drink wine.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    and he shall offer his offering to Yahweh: one male lamb a year old without defect for a burnt offering, one ewe lamb a year old without defect for a sin offering, one ram without defect for peace offerings,

    a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil with their meal offering and their drink offerings.

    The priest shall present them before Yahweh, and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.

    He shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, with the basket of unleavened bread. The priest shall offer also its meal offering and its drink offering.

  • KJV King James Version

    And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

    And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.

    And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:

    And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.

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  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    and he shall present his offering unto the LORD, one he-lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings,

    and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers spread with oil, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.

    And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering.

    And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

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Cross-references (24)

  • Exodus 29:2 (v15) unleavened bread, unleavened cakes mixed with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil. You shall make them of fine wheat flour.
  • Leviticus 2:4 (v15) “ ‘When you offer an offering of a meal offering baked in the oven, it shall be unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil, or…
  • Leviticus 3:6 (v14) “ ‘If his offering for a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh is from the flock, either male or female, he shall offer it without defect.
  • Leviticus 4:32 (v14) “ ‘If he brings a lamb as his offering for a sin offering, he shall bring a female without defect.
  • Numbers 15:10 (v15) and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
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  • Leviticus 1:10-13 (v14) “ ‘If his offering is from the flock, from the sheep or from the goats, for a burnt offering, he shall offer a male without defect. He…
  • Leviticus 4:2-3 (v14) “Speak to the children of Israel, saying, ‘If anyone sins unintentionally, in any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done,…
  • Leviticus 4:27 (v14) “ ‘If anyone of the common people sins unwittingly, in doing any of the things which Yahweh has commanded not to be done, and is guilty,
  • Leviticus 8:2 (v15) “Take Aaron and his sons with him, and the garments, and the anointing oil, and the bull of the sin offering, and the two rams, and the…
  • Leviticus 9:4 (v15) and a bull and a ram for peace offerings, to sacrifice before Yahweh; and a meal offering mixed with oil: for today Yahweh appears to you.’…
  • Leviticus 14:10 (v14) “On the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without defect, one ewe lamb a year old without defect, three tenths of an ephah of fine…
  • Numbers 15:1-7 (v15) Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘When you have come into the land of your habitations,…
  • Numbers 15:27 (v14) “ ‘If a person sins unwittingly, then he shall offer a female goat a year old for a sin offering.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:26 (v14) When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:28-29 (v14) Thus all Israel brought the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding…
  • Isaiah 62:9 (v15) but those who have harvested it will eat it, and praise Yahweh. Those who have gathered it will drink it in the courts of my sanctuary.”
  • Joel 1:9 (v15) The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.
  • Joel 1:13 (v15) Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for…
  • Joel 2:14 (v15) Who knows? He may turn and relent, and leave a blessing behind him, even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.
  • Malachi 1:13-14 (v14) You say also, ‘Behold, what a weariness it is!’ and you have sniffed at it”, says Yahweh of Armies; “and you have brought that which was…
  • John 6:50-59 (v15) This is the bread which comes down out of heaven, that anyone may eat of it and not die. I am the living bread which came down out of…
  • 1 Corinthians 10:31 (v15) Whether therefore you eat, or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God.
  • 1 Corinthians 11:26 (v15) For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
  • 1 Peter 1:19 (v14) but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ,

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv14, 16 Num 6:14 And he shall offer his offering unto…

Num 6:14 And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,

Ver. 14. And he shall offer his offering.] Though he had fulfilled his vow in the best manner, yet he must come with his sin offering, &c., leading him to Christ, for pardon of failings in the manner; and with his thank offering, for what he had been enabled to do, before he could be released of his Nazariteship.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv14–15 For a sin-offering, whereby he confessed and bewailed his…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv14–17 And a basket of unleavened bread,.... As at the…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain On vv14–15 A sin-offering - Whereby he confessed his miscarriages, notwithstanding…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain On v14 Num 6:14. A sin-offering — Whereby he confessed his…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv14–16 14. Lamb… without blemish — See Lev_1:3.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On v14 14. peace-offerings] Heb. shelâmîm. The meaning is uncertain. Some…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain On vv14–15 (14) And he shall offer.—The word which is here…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv14–15 He shall offer his offering. This offering included all…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v16 He must offer his sin offering
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