New English Translation
Numbers 15:20
20You must offer up a cake of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering; as you offer the raised offering of the threshing floor, so you must offer it up.
Numbers 15:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.
- New International Version (NIV)Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up.
Context of Numbers 15:20
18“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘When you enter the land to which I am bringing you 19and you eat some of the food of the land, you must offer up a raised offering to the Lord. You must offer up a cake of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering; as you offer the raised offering of the threshing floor, so you must offer it up. 21You must give to the Lord some of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering in your future generations. 22“‘If you sin unintentionally and do not observe all these commandments that the Lord has spoken to Moses –
Read all of Numbers 15Numbers 15:20 word by word
רֵאשִׁית֙ עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם חַלָּ֖ה תָּרִ֣ימוּ תְרוּמָ֑ה כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת גֹּ֔רֶן כֵּ֖ן תָּרִ֥ימוּ אֹתָֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Numbers 15:20
- Numbers 18:12“All the best of the olive oil and all the best of the wine and of the wheat, the first fruits of these things that they give to the Lord, I have given to you.
- Exodus 23:19The first of the firstfruits of your soil you must bring to the house of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Deuteronomy 26:2you must take the first of all the ground’s produce you harvest from the land the Lord your God is giving you, place it in a basket, and go to the place where he chooses to locate his name.
- Nehemiah 10:37We will also bring the first of our coarse meal, of our contributions, of the fruit of every tree, of new wine, and of olive oil to the priests at the storerooms of the temple of our God, along with a tenth of the produce of our land to the Levites, for the Levites are the ones who collect the tithes in all the cities where we work.
- Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord from your wealth and from the first fruits of all your crops;
- Ezekiel 44:30The first of all the first fruits and all contributions of any kind will be for the priests; you will also give to the priest the first portion of your dough, so that a blessing may rest on your house.
- Matthew 6:33But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
- Romans 11:16If the first portion of the dough offered is holy, then the whole batch is holy, and if the root is holy, so too are the branches.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- James 1:18By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.
- Revelation 14:4These are the ones who have not defiled themselves with women, for they are virgins. These are the ones who follow the Lamb wherever he goes. These were redeemed from humanity as firstfruits to God and to the Lamb,
- Leviticus 2:14“‘If you present a grain offering of first ripe grain to the Lord, you must present your grain offering of first ripe grain as soft kernels roasted in fire – crushed bits of fresh grain.
- Leviticus 23:20and the priest is to wave them – the two lambs – along with the bread of the first fruits, as a wave offering before the Lord; they will be holy to the Lord for the priest.
Commentaries on Numbers 15:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Ye shall offer - the first of your dough - Concerning the offerings of first-fruits, see the notes on Exodus 22:29.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20Dough - “Coarse meal” Nehemiah 10:37; Ezekiel 44:30.Read the comment
- 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. 2020. heave offering of the threshing-floor--meaning the corn on the threshing-floor; that is, after harvest. so shall ye heave it--to the priests accompanying the ceremony with the same rites.Read the comment
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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
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