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Offerings When Entering Canaan

15 Now Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, (A)Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, ‘When you enter the land of your places of habitation, which I am going to give you, then make (B)an offering by fire to Yahweh, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to [a](C)fulfill a special vow, or as a freewill offering or in your (D)appointed times, to make a (E)soothing aroma to Yahweh, from the herd or from the flock. (F)And the one who brings his offering near shall bring near to Yahweh a grain offering of one-tenth of an [b]ephah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a [c]hin of oil, and you shall prepare wine for the drink offering, one-fourth of a hin, with the burnt offering or for the sacrifice, for (G)each lamb. Or for a ram you shall prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil; and for the drink offering you shall bring near one-third of a hin of wine as a soothing aroma to Yahweh. And when you prepare (H)a bull from the herd as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, to [d]fulfill a special vow, or for peace offerings to Yahweh, then you shall bring near with the bull from the herd a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with one-half a hin of oil; 10 and you shall bring near as the drink offering one-half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

11 ‘Thus it shall be done for each ox, or for each ram, or for each of the male lambs, or of the goats. 12 According to the number that you prepare, so you shall do for everyone according to their number. 13 All who are native shall do these things in this manner, in bringing near an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:3 Or make a special votive offering
  2. Numbers 15:4 An ephah was approx. 21 qt. or 23 l
  3. Numbers 15:4 A hin was approx. 1 gal. or 3.8 l
  4. Numbers 15:8 Or make a special votive offering

Supplementary Offerings

15 The Lord told Moses to speak to the Israelites and tell them this:

When you come into the land where you will live, the land which I am giving to you, and you make an offering by fire[a] to the Lord from the herd or the flock, to make a pleasing aroma to the Lord (whether it is a burnt offering or a sacrifice, whether it is to fulfill a vow or as a voluntary offering or at your appointed festivals), the person who presents his offering is to present to the Lord two quarts[b] of fine flour mixed with a quart[c] of oil as a grain offering. For each lamb, for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, you are to supply a quart of wine as the drink offering.

With a ram you are to supply four quarts[d] of fine flour mixed with a quart and a half[e] of oil as a grain offering, and you will also present a quart of wine as the drink offering, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

If you are offering a young bull as a burnt offering or a sacrifice, which is to fulfill a vow or to be a fellowship offering to the Lord, you are to present along with the young bull six quarts[f] of fine flour mixed with two quarts[g] of oil as a grain offering, 10 and you will present two quarts of wine as the drink offering, as a gift of food[h] with a pleasing aroma to the Lord. 11 This is to be provided for each offering from the cattle, rams, lambs, or goats. 12 You are to supply these offerings for each sacrifice you prepare.

13 Everyone who is native-born is to do these things in this way when presenting a gift of food with a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 15:3 Or a food offering. See verse 10.
  2. Numbers 15:4 One tenth (of an ephah). The word ephah is not in the text but is assumed.
  3. Numbers 15:4 A fourth of a hin
  4. Numbers 15:6 Two tenths (of an ephah)
  5. Numbers 15:6 A third of a hin
  6. Numbers 15:9 Three tenths (of an ephah)
  7. Numbers 15:9 Half a hin
  8. Numbers 15:10 The same word elsewhere in this translation is translated an offering made by fire. (Also in verse 13.) These are among the passages which challenge the claim that isheh always refers to an offering made by fire.