Numbers 15:5
in Numbers 15With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.
KJV
And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
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This verse in Numbers 15
Commentary
6 notes on this verseAnd the fourth part of an hin of wine,.... The same measure with the oil, and this was wine of the grapes, as the Targum of Jonathan; other sorts of wine might not be used for the purpose mentioned: for a drink offering shalt thou prepare; with the meat offering, to go along with every burnt offering and peace offering; which, as they were the food of God and the provision of his house, it was proper there should be of every kind fit for an entertainment, as flesh, bread, and wine.
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 quarter hin of wine as a drink offering
Wine joins the flour and oil in the same quarter hin measure as the oil. John Gill reads the three together as the provision of God's house, with flesh, bread and wine set out as for a full meal. Each lamb brings a whole meal with it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
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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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 Century1 voice
The fourth part of a hin - The quantity of meal and flour was augmented in proportion to the size of the sacrifice with which it was offered. With a Lamb or a Kid were offered one tenth deal of flour, (the tenth part of an ephah, see on Exo 29:40 (note)), the fourth part of a hin of oil, and the fourth part of a hin of wine. With a Ram, two tenth deals of flour, a third part of a hin of oil, and a third part of a hin of wine.
The words behind it
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיַ֤יִן | veyayin | and wine | H3196 → | 141 times |
| לַנֶּ֙סֶךְ֙ | lanesekh | for the drink offering | H5262 → | 64 times |
| רְבִיעִ֣ית | reviit | <the> fourth of | H7243 → | 56 times |
| הַהִ֔ין | hahin | <the> hin | H1969 → | 22 times |
| תַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה | taaseh | you will offer | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הָעֹלָ֖ה | haolah | the burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| א֣וֹ | ʾo | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| לַזָּ֑בַח | lazavach | for the sacrifice | H2077 → | 162 times |
| לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂ | lakeves | for the lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| הָאֶחָֽד׃ | haechad | <the> one | H259 → | 971 times |
וְיַ֤יִןand wine
veyayinH3196 →141 times
לַנֶּ֙סֶךְ֙for the drink offering
lanesekhH5262 →64 times
רְבִיעִ֣ית<the> fourth of
reviitH7243 →56 times
הַהִ֔ין<the> hin
hahinH1969 →22 times
תַּעֲשֶׂ֥הyou will offer
taasehH6213 →2628 times
עַל־with
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הָעֹלָ֖הthe burnt offering
haolahH5930 →287 times
א֣וֹor
ʾoH176 →321 times
לַזָּ֑בַחfor the sacrifice
lazavachH2077 →162 times
לַכֶּ֖בֶשׂfor the lamb
lakevesH3532 →107 times
הָאֶחָֽד׃<the> one
haechadH259 →971 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
Philippians 2:17But 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.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 4:6
For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand.
- Hebrews 13:15–16
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- Romans 15:16
to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles in the priestly service of the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy…
- 2 Timothy 4:6
Through
Psalms 116:13I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 16:5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
- Psalms 116:2
Because He has inclined His ear to me, I will call on Him as long as I live.
- Psalms 105:1
Give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the nations.
- Psalms 80:18
Then we will not turn away from You; revive us, and we will call on Your name.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
- Psalms 16:5
Where this verse is studied
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; 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.