Numbers 15:3
1 Then the LORD said to Moses,
2 “Speak to the Israelites and tell them: After you enter the land that I am giving you as a home
and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—
4 then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.
5 With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- and you present an offering made by fire to the LORD from the herd or flock to produce a pleasing aroma to the LORD—either a burnt offering or a sacrifice, for a special vow or freewill offering or appointed feast—
- KJV
- And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:
- WEB
- and will make an offering by fire to the LORD—a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free will offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock—
- ASV
- and will make an offering by fire unto Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock;
- DARBY
- and will make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt-offering or a sacrifice for the performance of a vow, or as a voluntary offering, or in your set feasts, to make a sweet odour to Jehovah, of the herd or of the flock,
- BLB
- and you⁺ make a fire offering to YHWH, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a freewill offering, or in your⁺ appointed feasts, to make a pleasing aroma to YHWH, from the herd or from the flock,
- ÅB
- og dere ofrer Herren ildoffer - brennoffer eller slaktoffer av storfeet eller av småfeet til en velbehagelig duft for Herren - enten for å oppfylle et løfte eller som et frivillig offer eller på deres høytider,
- OTB
- og dere ofrer til Herren et ildoffer, et brennoffer eller et offer for å oppfylle et spesielt løfte, eller som et frivillig offer eller under deres fastsatte høytider, for å skape en velbehagelig duft for Herren fra buskapen eller flokken,
- B1930
- og I ofrer Herren ildoffer - brennoffer eller slaktoffer av storfeet eller av småfeet til en velbehagelig duft for Herren - enten for å opfylle et løfte eller som et frivillig offer eller på eders høitider,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Exodus 29:18
Then burn the entire ram on the altar; it is a burnt offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma, an offering made by fire to the LORD.
Read in contextGenesis 8:21
When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.
Read in contextNumbers 28:27
Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram, and seven male lambs a year old as a pleasing aroma to the LORD,
Read in contextPhilippians 4:18
I have all I need and more, now that I have received your gifts from Epaphroditus. They are a fragrant offering, an acceptable sacrifice, well-pleasing to God.
Read in contextLeviticus 27:2
“Speak to the Israelites and say to them, ‘When someone makes a special vow to the LORD involving the value of persons,
Read in contextLeviticus 23:1–44
Then the LORD said to Moses,
Read in contextLeviticus 1:1–17
Then the LORD called to Moses and spoke to him from the Tent of Meeting, saying,
Read in contextNumbers 28:16–19
The fourteenth day of the first month is the LORD’s Passover.
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