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Numbers 15:21

19 and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD.

20 From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor.

Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.

22 Now if you stray unintentionally and do not obey all these commandments that the LORD has spoken to Moses—

23 all that the LORD has commanded you through Moses from the day the LORD gave them and continuing through the generations to come—

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.
KJV
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
WEB
Of the first of your dough, you shall give to the LORD a wave offering throughout your generations.
ASV
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.
DARBY
Of the first of your dough ye shall give to Jehovah a heave-offering throughout your generations.
BLB
Of the first of your⁺ ground meal you⁺ shall give to YHWH a contribution throughout your⁺ generations.
ÅB
Av det første av deres deig skal dere alltid gi Herren en gave, slekt etter slekt.
OTB
Fra det første av deres kornmel skal dere gi Herren et offer gjennom deres generasjoner.
B1930
Av det første av eders deig skal I alltid gi Herren en gave, slekt efter slekt.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 29:28

    This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.

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  • Numbers 18:26

    “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.

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