Numbers 6:17
in Numbers 6He shall also offer the ram as a peace offering to the LORD, along with the basket of unleavened bread. And the priest is to offer the accompanying grain offering and drink offering.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.
KJV
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
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This verse in Numbers 6
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The priest is to present all these before the LORD
on Numbers 6:16-18
The Nazirite shaves at the entrance and puts the hair “on the fire under the peace offering”. The token of the vow burns with the sacrifice. Adam Clarke reads the hair as the man’s own offering, since no human flesh could go on the altar.
This site's exposition
the ram as a peace offering
The ram comes last, after the sin offering and the burnt offering, as John Gill notes. A peace offering was shared, part burned, part given to the priest and part eaten by the worshiper, as Leviticus 7:15 assumes. The vow closed with a meal before the LORD.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
), 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 (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — leading-punctuation
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the Lord,.... After he had offered the other two: with the basket of unleavened bread; which went along with that: the priest shall also offer his meat offering, and his drink offering: of which he had his part, and were the usual appendages of other sacrifices; see Num 28:1.
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
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָאַ֜יִל | haayil | the ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֨ה | yaaseh | he will offer | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| זֶ֤בַח | zevach | a sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| שְׁלָמִים֙ | shelamim | peace offerings | H8002 → | 87 times |
| לַֽיהוָ֔ה | layahweh | to Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עַ֖ל | ʾal | with | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| סַ֣ל | sal | [the] basket of | H5536 → | 15 times |
| הַמַּצּ֑וֹת | hamatzot | the unleavened bread<s> | H4682 → | 53 times |
| וְעָשָׂה֙ | veasah | and he will offer | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| הַכֹּהֵ֔ן | hakohen | the priest | H3548 → | 750 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִנְחָת֖וֹ | minchato | grain offering its | H4503 → | 211 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נִסְכּֽוֹ׃ | nisko | drink offering its | H5262 → | 64 times |
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָאַ֜יִלthe ram
haayilH352 →187 times
יַעֲשֶׂ֨הhe will offer
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
זֶ֤בַחa sacrifice of
zevachH2077 →162 times
שְׁלָמִים֙peace offerings
shelamimH8002 →87 times
לַֽיהוָ֔הto Yahweh
layahwehH3068 →6520 times
עַ֖לwith
ʾalH5921 →5755 times
סַ֣ל[the] basket of
salH5536 →15 times
הַמַּצּ֑וֹתthe unleavened bread<s>
hamatzotH4682 →53 times
וְעָשָׂה֙and he will offer
veasahH6213 →2628 times
הַכֹּהֵ֔ןthe priest
hakohenH3548 →750 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִנְחָת֖וֹgrain offering its
minchatoH4503 →211 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
נִסְכּֽוֹ׃drink offering its
niskoH5262 →64 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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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.