Numbers 15:21 — Meaning and Application

King James Version

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

Numbers 15:21

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

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.

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

{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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Numbers 15:1

"And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"

Numbers 15:2

"Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you,"

Numbers 15:3

"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: {performing: Heb. separating}"

Numbers 15:4

"Then shall he that offereth his offering unto the LORD bring a meat offering of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth {part} of an hin of oil."

Numbers 15:5

"And the fourth {part} of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb."

Numbers 15:6

"Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare {for} a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third {part} of an hin of oil."

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