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Numbers 15:4

in Numbers 15

then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

then shall he that offereth his oblation offer unto Jehovah a meal-offering of a tenth part of an ephah of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil:

KJV

Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil.

This verse in Numbers 15

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the Lord,.... Be it of either kind before mentioned: bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour, mingled with the fourth part of an hin of oil; this was made of the tenth part of an ephah, or of an omer of fine wheaten flour, which was the quantity of about three quarts; and which was mixed and macerated with the fourth part of an hin, or with a quart and more than half a pint of oil: see Exo 29:40; rather this should be called a bread offering.

This site's exposition

Then the LORD said to Moses

on Numbers 15:1-5

The sentence at Kadesh has just fallen, and the next words are After you enter the land. Clarke reads the offerings as written for settled fields and vineyards, since flour, oil and wine come from farmed ground.

This site's exposition

a tenth of an ephah of fine flour

Albert Barnes points to Leviticus 2 for the grain offering itself, which now travels with every animal brought to the altar. The flour and oil came from his own fields. John Gill reckons the quarter hin of oil at rather more than a quart.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

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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A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

If it was a ram, the meat-offering was doubled, two tenth-deals of flour, about five quarts, and a third part of a hin of oil (which was to them as butter is to us) mingled with it; and the same quantity of wine for a drink-offering,

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

The meat-offering is treated in Lev. 2. The drink-offering Exo 29:40; Lev 23:13, hitherto an ordinary accessory to the former, is now prescribed forevery sacrifice.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

tenth deal--that is, an omer, the tenth part of an ephah (Ex 16:36). fourth part of an hin of oil--This element shows it to have been different from such meat offerings as were made by themselves, and not merely accompaniments of other sacrifices.

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The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְהִקְרִ֛יבand he will bring near

    vehikrivH7126 →280 times

  • הַמַּקְרִ֥יבthe [one who] brings near

    hamakrivH7126 →280 times

  • קָרְבָּנ֖וֹoffering his

    karebanoH7133 →82 times

  • לַֽיהוָ֑הto Yahweh

    layahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • מִנְחָה֙a grain offering

    minchahH4503 →211 times

  • סֹ֣לֶתfine flour

    soletH5560 →53 times

  • עִשָּׂר֔וֹןone tenth [of an ephah]

    isaronH6241 →33 times

  • בָּל֕וּלmixed

    balulH1101 →43 times

  • בִּרְבִעִ֥יתwith [the] fourth of

    birviitH7243 →56 times

  • הַהִ֖ין<the> hin

    hahinH1969 →22 times

  • שָֽׁמֶן׃oil

    shamenH8081 →193 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    Leviticus 2:1

    “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 6:14–18

      Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.

    • Revelation 8:3

      Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…

    • Leviticus 9:17

      Next he presented the grain offering, took a handful of it, and burned it on the altar in addition to the morning’s burnt offering.

    • Isaiah 66:20

      And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the…

  • Through

    Leviticus 23:13

    along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—an offering made by fire to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of…

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 2:14–16

      If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.

  • Through

    Exodus 29:40

    With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.

    it leads to

    • Philippians 2:17

      But even if I am being poured out like a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

  • Through

    Leviticus 6:14

    Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.

    it leads to

    • Leviticus 2:1–2

      “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,

    • John 6:32

      Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.

Where this verse is studied

About Numbers

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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); 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; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.