Numbers 6:11

Numbers 6:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
• New International Version (NIV)The priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for the Nazirite because they sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. That same day they are to consecrate their head again.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead body. And he shall consecrate his head that same day
• New King James Version (NKJV)and the priest shall offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned in regard to the corpse; and he shall sanctify his head that same day.

Context of Numbers 6:11

9The Nazirite may be near to a person when that person dies suddenly. Then his head becomes unclean. He must remove all the hair from his head seven days after the person dies. Then he will be clean. 10On day 8, he must bring two doves or two young pigeons to the door of the Tent of Meeting. He must give them to the priest. The priest must sacrifice one bird as a sin offering and the other bird as a burnt offering. The priest must do that because the Nazirite sinned. He went too near to a dead body. That will make the Nazirite's head clean again on that same day. 12He must begin his time as a Nazirite again, with a new promise to the Lord. He cannot include the days before he became unclean. He must bring a male lamb that is one year old. That is a guilt offering. 13He is a Nazirite for a certain time. When that time finishes, the people must bring him to the door of the Tent of Meeting.

Numbers 6:11 word by word

וְעָשָׂ֣ה הַכֹּהֵ֗ן אֶחָ֤ד לְחַטָּאת֙ וְאֶחָ֣ד לְעֹלָ֔ה וְכִפֶּ֣ר עָלָ֔יו מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר חָטָ֖א עַל־הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ וְקִדַּ֥שׁ אֶת־רֹאשׁ֖וֹ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַהֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• shall offerעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: offerH6213
• the oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• for a sin offeringחַטָּאתchaţţâ'âh chaţţâ'th · sin: sin offeringH2403
• for a burnt offeringעֹלָה‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · burnt offeringH5930
• and make an atonementכִּפֶּרkâphar · to atoneH3722
• for him, for thatמֵאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whenceH834
• he sinnedחָטָאchâţâ' · to sinH2398
• by the deadנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soul: deadH5315
• and shall hallowקָדַשׁqâdash · to consecrate: consecateH6942
• his headרֹאשׁrô'sh · headH7218
• that same dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Numbers 6:11

• Leviticus 5:8The priest will bring one of the birds to the altar. It is the sin offering. He will break the neck of the bird, but he will not pull the head off.
• Leviticus 14:30The priest will kill the pigeons or doves.
• Numbers 6:5A person must not cut his hair during the time that he is a Nazirite. He must be different all the time that he is separate for the Lord. He must let the hair on his head grow long.

Commentaries on Numbers 6:11

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-21Verses 1-21 The law of the Nazarite is appropriately added to other enactments which concern the sanctity of the holy nation. That sanctity found its highest expression in the Nazarite vow, which was the voluntary adoption for a time of obligations to high and strict modes of self-dedication resembling, and indeed in some particulars exceeding, those under which the priests were placed. The present enactments do not institute a new kind of observance, but…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-21The law gave instructions for restoring purity after unavoidable contact with a dead body. Contact with a dead body made a person ceremonially unclean (not fit for worship for a period of time). The person had to follow certain steps in order to be restored. Special procedures and offerings also marked the end of a Nazirite vow. A Nazirite vow was a special promise to set oneself apart for God for a period of time. When the time ended, the person brought…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-129-12. If any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration--Cases of sudden death might occur to make him contract pollution; and in such circumstances he was required, after shaving his head, to make the prescribed offerings necessary for the removal of ceremonial defilement (Le 15:13; Nu 19:11). But by the terms of this law an accidental defilement vitiated the whole of his previous observances, and he was required to…Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 6:11

• Atonement
• Fraternity
• Nazarite
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Burnt offering
• Sin Offering
• Atonement
• John the Baptist
• Nazarite
• Port
• Samson
• Separation
• Shave
• Sinai

Commentaries on Numbers 6

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings