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Numbers 15:20
20Present a cake from the first of the flour you grind, and set it aside as a sacred offering, as you do with the first grain from the threshing floor.
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“Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. “When you arrive in the land where I am taking you, 19and you eat the crops that grow there, you must set some aside as a sacred offering to the Lord. Present a cake from the first of the flour you grind, and set it aside as a sacred offering, as you do with the first grain from the threshing floor. 21Throughout the generations to come, you are to present a sacred offering to the Lord each year from the first of your ground flour. 22“But suppose you unintentionally fail to carry out all these commands that the Lord has given you through 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“I also give you the harvest gifts brought by the people as offerings to the Lord—the best of the olive oil, new wine, and grain.
- Exodus 23:19“As you harvest your crops, bring the very best of the first harvest to the house of the Lord your God. “You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.
- Deuteronomy 26:2put some of the first produce from each crop you harvest into a basket and bring it to the designated place of worship—the place the Lord your God chooses for his name to be honored.
- Nehemiah 10:37We will store the produce in the storerooms of the Temple of our God. We will bring the best of our flour and other grain offerings, the best of our fruit, and the best of our new wine and olive oil. And we promise to bring to the Levites a tenth of everything our land produces, for it is the Levites who collect the tithes in all our rural towns.
- Proverbs 3:9Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce.
- Ezekiel 44:30The first of the ripe fruits and all the gifts brought to the Lord will go to the priests. The first batch of dough must also be given to the priests so the Lord will bless your homes.
- Matthew 6:33Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.
- Romans 11:16And since Abraham and the other patriarchs were holy, their descendants will also be holy—just as the entire batch of dough is holy because the portion given as an offering is holy. For if the roots of the tree are holy, the branches will be, too.
- 1 Corinthians 15:20But in fact, Christ has been raised from the dead. He is the first of a great harvest of all who have died.
- James 1:18He chose to give birth to us by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his prized possession.
- Revelation 14:4They have kept themselves as pure as virgins, following the Lamb wherever he goes. They have been purchased from among the people on the earth as a special offering to God and to the Lamb.
- Leviticus 2:14“If you present a grain offering to the Lord from the first portion of your harvest, bring fresh grain that is coarsely ground and roasted on a fire.
- Leviticus 23:20“The priest will lift up the two lambs as a special offering to the Lord, together with the loaves representing the first of your crops. These offerings, which are holy to the Lord, belong to the priests.
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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