Numbers 6:12
in Numbers 6He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he shall separate unto Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass-offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
KJV
And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
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This verse in Numbers 6
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThe days of his separation - As many days as he had before vowed to God. Lost - Hebrew. fall, to the ground, that is, be void or of none effect.
This site's exposition
he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days
The days already served are struck off and the whole term starts again, opened with a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering. Wesley notes that the Hebrew behind lost is fall, as a thing falls to the ground and comes to nothing. Matthew Henry reads the rule as the reason a Nazarite kept so far from the dead, since defilement was the one thing that could cost him his time.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And he shall consecrate unto the Lord the days of his separation,....
This obliged them to be very careful not to defile themselves by the dead, for that was the only thing that made them lose their time, and it teaches us that if a righteous man turn away from his righteousness, and defile himself with dead works, all his righteousness that he has done shall be lost to him, Ezek. xxxiii.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִזִּ֤יר | vehizir | and he will be a Nazirite | H5144 → | 10 times |
| לַֽיהוָה֙ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יְמֵ֣י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| נִזְר֔וֹ | nizro | Nazirite vow his | H5145 → | 25 times |
| וְהֵבִ֛יא | vehevi' | and he will bring | H935 → | 2568 times |
| כֶּ֥בֶשׂ | keves | a lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁנָת֖וֹ | shenato | year its | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְאָשָׁ֑ם | leasham | to a guilt offering | H817 → | 46 times |
| וְהַיָּמִ֤ים | vehaiyamim | and the days | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙ | harishonim | <the> former | H7223 → | 182 times |
| יִפְּל֔וּ | yipelu | they will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| טָמֵ֖א | tame' | it has become unclean | H2930 → | 162 times |
| נִזְרֽוֹ׃ | nizro | Nazirite vow his | H5145 → | 25 times |
וְהִזִּ֤ירand he will be a Nazirite
vehizirH5144 →10 times
לַֽיהוָה֙to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יְמֵ֣י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
נִזְר֔וֹNazirite vow his
nizroH5145 →25 times
וְהֵבִ֛יאand he will bring
vehevi'H935 →2568 times
כֶּ֥בֶשׂa lamb
kevesH3532 →107 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁנָת֖וֹyear its
shenatoH8141 →877 times
לְאָשָׁ֑םto a guilt offering
leashamH817 →46 times
וְהַיָּמִ֤יםand the days
vehaiyamimH3117 →2304 times
הָרִאשֹׁנִים֙<the> former
harishonimH7223 →182 times
יִפְּל֔וּthey will fall
yipeluH5307 →435 times
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
טָמֵ֖אit has become unclean
tame'H2930 →162 times
נִזְרֽוֹ׃Nazirite vow his
nizroH5145 →25 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
Matthew 24:13But the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
it leads to
- Matthew 10:22
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Mark 13:13
You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved.
- Revelation 2:10
Do not fear what you are about to suffer. Look, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison to test you, and you will suffer tribulation for ten days. Be faithful…
- Hebrews 10:39
But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.
- Romans 2:7
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
- Matthew 10:22
Through
James 2:10Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
it leads to
- Galatians 3:10
All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”
- Matthew 5:18–19
For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.
- Galatians 3:10
Through
2 John 1:8Watch yourselves, so that you do not lose what we have worked for, but that you may be fully rewarded.
it leads to
- Hebrews 10:35
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- Hebrews 10:35
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.