Numbers 15:1

Numbers 15:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord said to Moses,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Context of Numbers 15:1

Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2“Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land where you are going to live, which I am giving you, 3and you make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a special vow, or as a voluntary offering or at your appointed times, to make a soothing aroma to the Lord from the herd or from the flock,

Numbers 15:1 word by word

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

• Now the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• spokeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• to Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 15:1

• Deuteronomy 1:46So you remained at Kadesh for many days, the days that you spent there.

Commentaries on Numbers 15:1

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1The contents of the next five chapters must apparently be referred to the long period of wandering to which Numbers 14:33 the people were condemned.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1Chapter Outline The law of the meat-offering and the drink-offering, The stranger under the same law. (1-21) The sacrifice for the sin of ignorance. (22-29) The punishment of presumption, The sabbath-breaker stoned. (30-36) The law for fringes on garment. (37-41) Verses 1-21 Full instructions are given about the meat-offerings and drink-offerings. The beginning of this law is very encouraging, When ye come into the land of your habitation which I give…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3These instructions suggest that the Israelites would eventually live in the promised land (14:31; 15:18).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 15:1

• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Moses
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Numbers, Book of
• Numbers

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