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Numbers 15:21

19 Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.

20 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.

Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.

22 And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,

23 Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;

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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

    And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.

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  • Numbers 18:26

    Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.

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