Numbers 15:11
in Numbers 15This is to be done for each bull, ram, lamb, or goat.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thus shall it be done for each bullock, or for each ram, or for each of the he-lambs, or of the kids.
KJV
Thus shall it be done for one bullock, or for one ram, or for a lamb, or a kid.
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This verse in Numbers 15
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThus shall it be done for one bullock,.... Such a quantity of flour and oil for the meat offering, and such a quantity of wine for the drink offering as before expressed; making no difference between one young or old: or for a ram: which, Jarchi says, was thirteen months and one day old: or for a lamb, or a kid; for a young one of the flock, whether of the sheep or goat, whether a lamb or a kid of the goats; which, according to Jarchi, were within a year, not a year old.
This site's exposition
for a ram, thou shalt prepare
on Numbers 15:6-12
The accompaniment rises with the animal on a fixed scale: a lamb carries one tenth deal of flour with a fourth part of an hin of oil and as much wine, a ram two tenth deals with a third part of an hin, a bullock three tenth deals with half an hin. The proportion is set by the beast and not by the giver, and verse 12 orders the same measure repeated for however many are brought. Gill reckons the tenth deal at about three quarts of fine flour and the fourth part of an hin at rather more than a quart.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Concerning dough for heave-offerings, ver. 17-21. Sacrifices for sins of ignorance, ver. 22-29. Concerning presumptuous sinners, ver. 30,
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
two tenth deals--The quantity of flour was increased because the sacrifice was of superior value to the former. The accessory sacrifices were always increased in proportion to the greater worth and magnitude of its principal.
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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
אשה ריח FOR A FIRE OFFERING OF [PLEASING] ODOUR — This refers only to the meal-offering and the oil mentioned in v., but the wine is not a fire-offering, since it is not put on the fire.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כָּ֣כָה | kakhah | thus | H3602 → | 37 times |
| יֵעָשֶׂ֗ה | yeaseh | it will be done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לַשּׁוֹר֙ | lashor | for the bull | H7794 → | 79 times |
| הָֽאֶחָ֔ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| א֖וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| לָאַ֣יִל | laayil | for the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| הָאֶחָ֑ד | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
| אֽוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| לַשֶּׂ֥ה | laseh | for the small livestock | H7716 → | |
| בַכְּבָשִׂ֖ים | vakevasim | among the lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| א֥וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| בָעִזִּֽים׃ | vaizim | among the kids | H5795 → | 74 times |
כָּ֣כָהthus
kakhahH3602 →37 times
יֵעָשֶׂ֗הit will be done
yeasehH6213 →2628 times
לַשּׁוֹר֙for the bull
lashorH7794 →79 times
הָֽאֶחָ֔ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
א֖וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
לָאַ֣יִלfor the ram
laayilH352 →187 times
הָאֶחָ֑ד<the> one
haechadH259 →971 times
אֽוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
לַשֶּׂ֥הfor the small livestock
lasehH7716 →
בַכְּבָשִׂ֖יםamong the lambs
vakevasimH3532 →107 times
א֥וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
בָעִזִּֽים׃among the kids
vaizimH5795 →74 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.