Numbers 15:9

Numbers 15:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
• New International Version (NIV)bring with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil,
• English Standard Version (ESV)then one shall offer with the bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with half a hin of oil.
• New Living Translation (NLT)you must also give a grain offering of six quarts of choice flour mixed with two quarts of olive oil,

Context of Numbers 15:9

7and as a drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a sweet aroma to the Lord. 8And when you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering, or as a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a peace offering to the Lord, then shall be offered with the young bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil; 10and you shall bring as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord. 11‘Thus it shall be done for each young bull, for each ram, or for each lamb or young goat.

Numbers 15:9 word by word

וְהִקְרִ֤יב עַל־בֶּן־הַבָּקָר֙ מִנְחָ֔ה סֹ֖לֶת שְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה עֶשְׂרֹנִ֑ים בָּל֥וּל בַּשֶּׁ֖מֶן חֲצִ֥י הַהִֽין׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Then shall he bringקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• with a bullockבֵּןbên · son: young animalH1121
• with a bullockבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
• a meat offeringמִנְחָהminchâh · offeringH4503
• of threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• tenth dealsעִשָּׂרוֹן‛iώώârôn ‛iώώârôn · tenthH6241
• of flourסֹ֫לֶתsôleth · fine flourH5560
• mingledבָּלַלbâlal · to mixH1101
• with halfחֲצִיchêtsîy · halfH2677
• an hinהִיןhîyn · hinH1969
• of oilשֶׁ֫מֶןshemen · oilH8081

Cross-references for Numbers 15:9

• Numbers 28:12three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for each bull; two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with oil, for the one ram;
• Numbers 29:6besides the burnt offering with its grain offering for the New Moon, the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings, according to their ordinance, as a sweet aroma, an offering made by fire to the Lord.
• Leviticus 6:14‘This is the law of the grain offering: The sons of Aaron shall offer it on the altar before the Lord.
• Leviticus 7:37This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the trespass offering, the consecrations, and the sacrifice of the peace offering,
• Leviticus 14:10“And on the eighth day he shall take two male lambs without blemish, one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish, three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering, and one log of oil.
• 1 Chronicles 21:23But Ornan said to David, “Take it to yourself, and let my lord the king do what is good in his eyes. Look, I also give you the oxen for burnt offerings, the threshing implements for wood, and the wheat for the grain offering; I give it all.”
• Nehemiah 10:33for the showbread, for the regular grain offering, for the regular burnt offering of the Sabbaths, the New Moons, and the set feasts; for the holy things, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and all the work of the house of our God.
• Ezekiel 42:13Then he said to me, “The north chambers and the south chambers, which are opposite the separating courtyard, are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the Lord shall eat the most holy offerings. There they shall lay the most holy offerings—the grain offering, the sin offering, and the trespass offering—for the place is holy.
• Ezekiel 46:5and the grain offering shall be one ephah for a ram, and the grain offering for the lambs, as much as he wants to give, as well as a hin of oil with every ephah.
• Joel 1:9The grain offering and the drink offering Have been cut off from the house of the Lord; The priests mourn, who minister to the Lord.
• Joel 2:14Who knows if He will turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind Him— A grain offering and a drink offering For the Lord your God?

Commentaries on Numbers 15:9

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4-12Verses 4-12 The meat-offering is treated in Exodus 29:40; Leviticus 23:13, hitherto an ordinary accessory to the former, is now prescribed forevery sacrifice.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-41Chapters 1–14 cover a short time period, but chapter 15 marks the start of a long period. This is the main part of the forty years in the wilderness, about which little is known. There are references to events during this time (for example, Deuteronomy 8:2–6; 29:5–6; Joshua 5:4–8; Ezekiel 20:10–26; Amos 5:25–26; Acts 7:42–43). During this period, Moses continued to give laws to guide Israel’s life as a nation. These laws would be especially important in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-126-12. two tenth deals--The quantity of flour was increased because the sacrifice was of superior value to the former. The accessory sacrifices were always increased in proportion to the greater worth and magnitude of its principal.Read the comment

Topics related to Numbers 15:9

• Measure
• Offerings
• Vows

In the dictionaries

• Meat Offering
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Flour
• Presumptuously
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Lord's Supper; (eucharist)
• Numbers, Book of

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