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

19When they first eat the food from that land, they must give a special offering to the Lord. 20You must give a cake as a special offering from the first of your flour. You must do it as you give your special gift from your threshing floor. From the first of your flour, you must give to the Lord a special offering. And your descendants must continue to do that. 22The people might not obey a rule that the Lord told Moses about. But they might not know that they are not obeying a rule. 23It might be any rule that the Lord gave to you by Moses.

Numbers 15:21 word by word

מֵרֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם תִּתְּנ֥וּ לַיהוָ֖ה תְּרוּמָ֑ה לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Of the firstרֵאשִׁיתrê'shîyth · first: beginningH7225
• of your doughעֲרִיסָה‛ărîysâh · doughH6182
• ye shall giveנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• an heave offeringתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• in your generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755

Cross-references for Numbers 15:21

• Numbers 18:26‘You must say to the Levites, “You will receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given to you from them. I have not given any land to you. I have given the tithes to you instead. When you receive those tithes, you must offer one tenth of it to the Lord. That will be a tithe of the tithe.
• Exodus 29:28In the future, when the Israelites bring a peace offering to the Lord, these pieces will belong to Aaron and his descendants. This will always be the regular gift from the Israelites to the priests. That is the law that will continue for ever. It is the gift that the Israelites must bring to the Lord.

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

In the dictionaries

• Heave offering
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Firstfruits
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• First-Fruits
• Genealogy
• 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