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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)and you eat the crops that grow there, you must set some aside as a sacred offering to the Lord.

Context of Numbers 15:19

17The Lord said to Moses, 18“Speak to the Israelites and say to them: ‘When you enter the land to which I am taking you and you eat the food of the land, present a portion as an offering to the Lord. 20Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor. 21Throughout the generations to come you are to give this offering to the Lord from the first of your ground meal.

Numbers 15:19 word by word

וְהָיָ֕ה בַּאֲכָלְכֶ֖ם מִלֶּ֣חֶם הָאָ֑רֶץ תָּרִ֥ימוּ תְרוּמָ֖ה לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then it shall be, that, when ye eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• of the breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• of the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• ye shall offer upרוּםrûm · to exaltH7311
• an heave offeringתְּרוּמָהterûmâh terûmâh · contributionH8641
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Numbers 15:19

• Joshua 5:11The day after the Passover, that very day, they ate some of the produce of the land: unleavened bread and roasted 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