Numbers 6:11
9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
13 And this is the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
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 the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.
- KJV
- And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
- WEB
- The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
- ASV
- and the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
- DARBY
- And the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead person; and he shall hallow his head that same day.
- BLB
- And the priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and one for a burnt offering, and he shall make atonement upon him from which he sinned regarding the corpse, and he shall sanctify his head that day.
- ÅB
- Og presten skal ofre den ene til syndoffer og den andre til brennoffer og gjøre soning for ham og rense ham for den synd han har ført over seg ved å komme nær liket. Så skal han samme dag hellige sitt hode,
- OTB
- Presten skal ofre den ene som et syndoffer og den andre som et brennoffer for å gjøre soning for dem fordi de syndet ved å være i nærvær av den døde personen. På den samme dagen skal de innvie hodet sitt på nytt.
- B1930
- Og presten skal ofre den ene til syndoffer og den andre til brennoffer og gjøre soning for ham og rense ham for den synd han har ført over sig ved å komme nær liket. Så skal han samme dag hellige sitt hode,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 5:8–10
And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer that which is for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide it asunder:
Read in contextLeviticus 14:30–31
And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;
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