Numbers 5:25
in Numbers 5The priest shall take from her hand the grain offering for jealousy, wave it before the LORD, and bring it to the altar.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priest shall take the meal-offering of jealousy out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the meal-offering before Jehovah, and bring it unto the altar:
KJV
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering out of the woman’s hand, and shall wave the offering before the Lord, and offer it upon the altar:
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This verse in Numbers 5
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then the priest shall take the jealousy offering
on Numbers 5:25-26
The drinking is commanded at verse 24 and commanded again at verse 26, after the offering is waved and a handful of it burned. John Gill and Keil and Delitzsch read verse 24 as stating the outcome in advance, with verses 25 and 26 giving the order the priest actually follows, and the sequence of the rite has been read both ways. The handful burned for a memorial is the same action as Leviticus 2:2, performed here on an offering with nothing sweet in it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
); a handful of it was burnt for a memorial, and the remainder of it eaten by the priest, unless the husband was a priest, and then it was scattered among the ashes.
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The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלָקַ֤ח | velakach | and he will take | H3947 → | 966 times |
| הַכֹּהֵן֙ | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| מִיַּ֣ד | miyad | from [the] hand of | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה | haishah | the woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| אֵ֖ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִנְחַ֣ת | minchat | [the] grain offering of | H4503 → | 211 times |
| הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת | hakenaot | <the> jealousi<es> | H7068 → | 43 times |
| וְהֵנִ֤יף | vehenif | and he will wave | H5130 → | 37 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמִּנְחָה֙ | haminchah | the grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְהִקְרִ֥יב | vehikriv | and he will bring near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| אֹתָ֖הּ | ʾotah | <obj.> it | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
וְלָקַ֤חand he will take
velakachH3947 →966 times
הַכֹּהֵן֙the priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
מִיַּ֣דfrom [the] hand of
miyadH3027 →1618 times
הָֽאִשָּׁ֔הthe woman
haishahH802 →781 times
אֵ֖ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
מִנְחַ֣ת[the] grain offering of
minchatH4503 →211 times
הַקְּנָאֹ֑ת<the> jealousi<es>
hakenaotH7068 →43 times
וְהֵנִ֤יףand he will wave
vehenifH5130 →37 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַמִּנְחָה֙the grain offering
haminchahH4503 →211 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְהִקְרִ֥יבand he will bring near
vehikrivH7126 →280 times
אֹתָ֖הּ<obj.> it
ʾotahH853 →10935 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃the altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Numbers 5:15then he is to bring his wife to the priest. He must also bring for her an offering of a tenth of an ephah of barley flour. He is not to pour oil over…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 29:16
Egypt will never again be an object of trust for the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity in turning to the Egyptians. Then they will know that I am the…
- 1 Kings 17:18
“O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?”
- Leviticus 5:11
But if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he may bring a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a sin offering. He must not put olive oil or frankincense…
- Ezekiel 29:16
Through
Exodus 29:24Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
it leads to
- Leviticus 7:30
With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before…
- Leviticus 8:27
He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Leviticus 7:30
Through
Leviticus 8:27He put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and waved them before the LORD as a wave offering.
it leads to
- Exodus 29:24–37
Put all these in the hands of Aaron and his sons and wave them before the LORD as a wave offering.
- Hebrews 9:14
how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!
- Leviticus 7:30–31
With his own hands he is to bring the offerings made by fire to the LORD; he shall bring the fat, together with the breast, and wave the breast as a wave offering before…
- Exodus 29:24–37
Where this verse is studied
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About Numbers
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.