Numbers 15:21

Numbers 15:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.
• New International Version (NIV)Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Some of the first of your dough you shall give to the Lord as a contribution throughout your generations.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Of the first of your ground meal you shall give to the Lord a heave offering throughout your generations.

Context of Numbers 15:21

19and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD. 20From 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. Throughout 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— 23all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—

Numbers 15:21 word by word

מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תִּתְּנ֥וּ לַיהוָ֖ה תְּרוּמָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

• Throughout your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• you are to giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• an offeringתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• from the firstרֵאשִׁיתrê'shîyth · first: beginningH7225
• of your doughעֲרִיסָה‛ărîysâh · doughH6182

Cross-references for Numbers 15:21

• Numbers 18:26“Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.
• Exodus 29:28This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.

Commentaries on Numbers 15:21

• 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. 1-411-2. The Lord spake unto Moses, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel--Some infer from Nu 15:23 that the date of this communication must be fixed towards the close of the wanderings in the wilderness; and, also, that all the sacrifices prescribed in the law were to be offered only after the settlement in Canaan.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:21

• Dough
• Offerings

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• Heave offering
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• Exodus
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• Numbers, Book of

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