Numbers 15:20

Numbers 15:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
• New International Version (NIV)Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up.

Context of Numbers 15:20

18“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you 19and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD. From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor. 21Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough. 22Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—

Numbers 15:20 word by word

רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

• From the firstרֵאשִׁיתrê'shîyth · first: beginningH7225
• of your doughעֲרִיסָה‛ărîysâh · doughH6182
• you are to liftרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• up a cakeחַלָּהchallâh · a kind of cakeH2471
• as a contributionתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• itאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• just likeכֵּןkên · soH3651
• from the threshing floorגֹּ֫רֶןgôren · threshing floorH1637

Cross-references for Numbers 15:20

• Numbers 18:12I give you all the freshest olive oil and all the finest new wine and grain that the Israelites give to the LORD as their firstfruits.
• Exodus 23:19Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
• Deuteronomy 26:2you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name,
• Nehemiah 10:37Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
• Proverbs 3:9Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops;
• Ezekiel 44:30The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes.
• Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
• Romans 11:16If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches.
• 1 Corinthians 15:20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• James 1:18He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation.
• Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not been defiled with women, for they are virgins. They follow the Lamb wherever He goes. They have been redeemed from among men as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb.
• Leviticus 2:14If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire.
• Leviticus 23:20The priest is to wave the lambs as a wave offering before the LORD, together with the bread of the firstfruits. The bread and the two lambs shall be holy to the LORD for the priest.

Commentaries on Numbers 15:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Ye shall offer - the first of your dough - Concerning the offerings of first-fruits, see the notes on Exodus 22:29.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Dough - “Coarse meal” Nehemiah 10:37; Ezekiel 44:30.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17-21These gifts were signs of gratitude to God for the crops he provided. The people were not to give these offerings right away. They were to begin after the Hebrews reached the promised land. At that time, they would settle there and begin planting crops. Then they would bring these gifts to thank God for the harvest.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. heave offering of the threshing-floor--meaning the corn on the threshing-floor; that is, after harvest. so shall ye heave it--to the priests accompanying the ceremony with the same rites.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:20

• Dough
• First Fruits
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Heave offering
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• Exodus
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Commentaries on Numbers 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings