Numbers 15:7

Numbers 15:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. Offer it as an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And for the drink offering you shall offer a third of a hin of wine, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and as a drink offering you shall offer one-third of a hin of wine as a sweet aroma to the Lord.

Context of Numbers 15:7

5“Now with each lamb for the burnt offering or sacrifice, you are to prepare a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering. 6With a ram, you are to prepare two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil, and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. You are to offer it as a pleasing aroma to Adonai. 8“Whenever you are to prepare a young bull for a burnt offering, a special vow offering, or a fellowship offering to Adonai, 9bring with the young bull a grain offering of three tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of oil.

Numbers 15:7 word by word

וְיַ֥יִן לַנֶּ֖סֶךְ שְׁלִשִׁ֣ית הַהִ֑ין תַּקְרִ֥יב רֵֽיחַ־נִיחֹ֖חַ לַיהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And for a drink offeringנֶ֫סֶךְnesek nêsek · drink offeringH5262
• thou shalt offerקָרַבqârab · to present: bringH7126
• the thirdשְׁלִישִׁיshelîyshîy · thirdH7992
• of an hinהִיןhîyn · hinH1969
• of wineיַ֫יִןyayin · wineH3196
• a sweetנִיחֹחַnîychôach nîychôach · soothingH5207
• savourרֵיחַrêyach · aromaH7381
• unto the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Commentaries on Numbers 15:7

• 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 15:7

• Measure
• Offerings
• Vows

In the dictionaries

• Drink Offering
• Dedicate
• Exodus
• Flour
• Presumptuously
• Wine
• Agrapha
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Genesis

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