Numbers 15:19

Numbers 15:19 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and when you eat of the bread of the land, you shall present a contribution to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then it will be, when you eat of the bread of the land, that you shall offer up a heave offering to the Lord.

Context of Numbers 15:19

17Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 18“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land where I bring you, then it shall be, that when you eat of the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the Lord. 20Of the first of your dough you shall lift up a cake as an offering; as the offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. 21From the first of your dough you shall give to the Lord an offering throughout your generations.

Numbers 15:19 word by word

וְהָיָ֕ה בַּאֲכָלְכֶ֖ם מִלֶּ֣חֶם הָאָ֑רֶץ תָּרִ֥ימוּ תְרוּמָ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• then it shall be, that when you eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• foodלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• you shall liftרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• an offeringתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 15:19

• Joshua 5:11On the day after the Passover, on that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land, unleavened cakes and parched grain.

Commentaries on Numbers 15:19

• 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. 1919. when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering--The offering prescribed was to precede the act of eating. unto the Lord--that is, the priests of the Lord (Eze 44:30).Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:19

• Dough
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Heave offering
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• First-Fruits
• Genealogy
• Numbers, Book of
• Sacrifice

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