Numbers 15:8
in Numbers 15When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt-offering, or for a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or for peace-offerings unto Jehovah;
KJV
And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering, or for a sacrifice in performing a vow, or peace offerings unto the Lord:
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This verse in Numbers 15
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
With a ram you are to prepare
on Numbers 15:6-12
Grain rises with the animal on a fixed scale, a tenth of an ephah for a lamb, two-tenths for a ram, more for a bull. The beast sets the measure, and verse 12 repeats it for each one, no matter how many.
This site's exposition
When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering
A bull could be burned whole, given to fulfill a vow, or brought as a peace offering. Leviticus 3 sets out the peace offering, and Leviticus 7:15 has its meat eaten by the worshipper on the day it is offered. The bread and wine went with it either way.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 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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And thus for each sacrifice, whether offered by a particular person or at the common charge. Note, Our religious services should be governed, as by other rules, so by the rule of proportion. Natives and strangers are here set upon a level, in this as in other matters (
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And when thou preparest a bullock for a burnt offering,.... Which was a larger offering, and required a larger meat offering and drink offering, as Num 15:9 show: or for a sacrifice in performing a vow or peace offerings unto the Lord; by which latter are meant freewill offerings; for though both sorts here mentioned were peace offerings, yet these were more particularly called so.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
two tenth deals--The quantity of flour was increased because the sacrifice was of superior value to the former. The accessory sacrifices were always increased in proportion to the greater worth and magnitude of its principal.
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The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְכִֽי־ | vekhi- | and if | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| תַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | taaseh | you will offer | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| בֶן־ | ven- | a young one of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָּקָ֖ר | bakar | cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| עֹלָ֣ה | ʾolah | a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
| אוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| זָ֑בַח | zavach | a sacrifice | H2077 → | 162 times |
| לְפַלֵּא־ | lefale'- | to fulfill | H6381 → | 71 times |
| נֶ֥דֶר | neder | a vow | H5088 → | 60 times |
| אֽוֹ־ | ʾov- | or | H176 → | 321 times |
| שְׁלָמִ֖ים | shelamim | peace offerings | H8002 → | 87 times |
| לַֽיהוָֽה׃ | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וְכִֽי־and if
vekhi-H3588 →4482 times
תַעֲשֶׂ֥הyou will offer
taasehH6213 →2628 times
בֶן־a young one of
ven-H1121 →4930 times
בָּקָ֖רcattle
bakarH1241 →183 times
עֹלָ֣הa burnt offering
ʾolahH5930 →287 times
אוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
זָ֑בַחa sacrifice
zavachH2077 →162 times
לְפַלֵּא־to fulfill
lefale'-H6381 →71 times
נֶ֥דֶרa vow
nederH5088 →60 times
אֽוֹ־or
ʾov-H176 →321 times
שְׁלָמִ֖יםpeace offerings
shelamimH8002 →87 times
לַֽיהוָֽה׃to Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 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
Leviticus 1:3If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 15:21
But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
- 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 22:19–24
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Exodus 12:5
Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
- Ephesians 5:27
and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
- Deuteronomy 15:21
Through
Leviticus 3:1“If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
it leads to
- Leviticus 1:3
If one’s offering is a burnt offering from the herd, he is to present an unblemished male. He must bring it to the entrance to the Tent of Meeting for its acceptance before the…
- Numbers 6:14
and he is to present an offering to the LORD of an unblemished year-old male lamb as a burnt offering, an unblemished year-old female lamb as a sin offering, and an unblemished ram as…
- Leviticus 22:19–21
must offer an unblemished male from the cattle, sheep, or goats in order for it to be accepted on your behalf.
- Leviticus 1:3
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); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.