Numbers 6:16
in Numbers 6The priest is to present all these before the LORD and make the sin offering and the burnt offering.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering:
KJV
And the priest shall bring them before the Lord, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
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This verse in Numbers 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
And the priest shall bring them before the Lord
on Numbers 6:16-18
Gill notes that the offerings stand here in the order they were made, sin offering first, then burnt offering, then the ram of peace offerings with the basket. The head is shaved at the door in public, and the hair goes into the fire under the peace offering, so the token of the vow burns with the sacrifice. Clarke reads the hair as the man's own offering, since no human flesh could go on the altar and the hair was already reckoned the Lord's property. Paul shaved his head at Cenchrea for a vow at Acts 18:18, and Acts 21:23-26 has him in the temple paying the charges of four men who had one on them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
), for atonement must be made for our sins before any of our sacrifices can be accepted. And it is very observable that even the Nazarite, who in the eye of men was purer than snow and whiter than milk, yet durst not appear before the holy God without a sin-offering.
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), for these always accompanied the burnt-offerings and peace-offerings: and, besides these, a basket of unleavened cakes, and wafers. (5.) Part of the peace-offering, with a cake and wafer, was to be waved for a wave-offering (
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And the priest shall bring them before the Lord,.... All the above offerings to the altar of burnt offering, and there present them to the Lord in the name of the Nazarite: and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering: here they stand in the proper order in which they were offered.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
when the days of his separation are fulfilled, &c.--On the accomplishment of a limited vow of Nazaritism, Nazarites might cut their hair wherever they happened to be (Ac 18:18); but the hair was to be carefully kept and brought to the door of the sanctuary.
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The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִקְרִ֥יב | vehikriv | and he will bring [them] near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֖ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| לִפְנֵ֣י | lifnei | <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְעָשָׂ֥ה | veasah | and he will offer | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| חַטָּאת֖וֹ | chatato | sin offering his | H2403 → | 295 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עֹלָתֽוֹ׃ | olato | burnt offering his | H5930 → | 287 times |
וְהִקְרִ֥יבand he will bring [them] near
vehikrivH7126 →280 times
הַכֹּהֵ֖ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
לִפְנֵ֣י<to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְעָשָׂ֥הand he will offer
veasahH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
חַטָּאת֖וֹsin offering his
chatatoH2403 →295 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עֹלָתֽוֹ׃burnt offering his
olatoH5930 →287 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.