Numbers 15:9
in Numbers 15present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then shall he offer with the bullock a meal-offering of three tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour mingled with half a hin of oil:
KJV
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
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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
three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour
The bull brings three times the flour of a lamb and twice its oil, half a hin. Numbers 28 and 29 later use these same measures of one, two and three tenths for every public offering of the calendar. The scale never changes.
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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Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering,.... Much larger than either for a lamb or ram, even one consisting of three tenth deals of flour; or nine quarts of it: mingled with half an hin of oil; two quarts and a pint, and somewhat more.
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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How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
אשה ריח FOR A FIRE OFFERING OF [PLEASING] ODOUR — This refers only to the meal-offering and the oil mentioned in v., but the wine is not a fire-offering, since it is not put on the fire.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִקְרִ֤יב | vehikriv | and he will bring near | H7126 → | 280 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] young one of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| הַבָּקָר֙ | habakar | <the> cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| מִנְחָ֔ה | minchah | a grain offering | H4503 → | 211 times |
| סֹ֖לֶת | solet | fine flour | H5560 → | 53 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| עֶשְׂרֹנִ֑ים | ʾesronim | tenths [of an ephah] | H6241 → | 33 times |
| בָּל֥וּל | balul | mixed | H1101 → | 43 times |
| בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן | bashemen | with <the> oil | H8081 → | 193 times |
| חֲצִ֥י | chatzi | <the> half of | H2677 → | 125 times |
| הַהִֽין׃ | hahin | <the> hin | H1969 → | 22 times |
וְהִקְרִ֤יבand he will bring near
vehikrivH7126 →280 times
עַל־with
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
בֶּן־[the] young one of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
הַבָּקָר֙<the> cattle
habakarH1241 →183 times
מִנְחָ֔הa grain offering
minchahH4503 →211 times
סֹ֖לֶתfine flour
soletH5560 →53 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֣הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
עֶשְׂרֹנִ֑יםtenths [of an ephah]
ʾesronimH6241 →33 times
בָּל֥וּלmixed
balulH1101 →43 times
בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶןwith <the> oil
bashemenH8081 →193 times
חֲצִ֥י<the> half of
chatziH2677 →125 times
הַהִֽין׃<the> hin
hahinH1969 →22 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 14:10On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil,…
it leads to
- 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,
- Matthew 8:4
Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.”
- Luke 5:14
“Do not tell anyone,” Jesus instructed him. “But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
- Leviticus 14:21
If, however, the person is poor and cannot afford these offerings, he is to take one male lamb as a guilt offering to be waved to make atonement for him, along with a tenth…
- Mark 1:44
“See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
- Leviticus 2:1
Through
Leviticus 7:37This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
it leads to
- Exodus 29:1
“Now this is what you are to do to consecrate Aaron and his sons to serve Me as priests: Take a young bull and two rams without blemish,
- Exodus 29:1
Through
Numbers 28:12along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with…
it leads to
- Numbers 15:4–12
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.
- Numbers 15:4–12
Through
Leviticus 6:14Now 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
- Numbers 15:4
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.
- Numbers 15:4
Where this verse is studied
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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.
