Numbers 15:1

Numbers 15:1 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then the Lord told Moses,

Context of Numbers 15:1

The Lord said to Moses, 2“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘After you enter the land I am giving you as a home 3and you present to the Lord food offerings from the herd or the flock, as an aroma pleasing to the Lord—whether burnt offerings or sacrifices, for special vows or freewill offerings or festival offerings—

Numbers 15:1 word by word

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֥ה לֵּאמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• spakeדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• unto Mosesמֹשֶׁהmôsheh · MosesH4872
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Numbers 15:1

• Deuteronomy 1:46And so you stayed in Kadesh many days—all the time 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