Numbers 15:1-14

The Voice

Eternal One: ² Give the Israelites these instructions: “When you enter the land I determined would be yours, where you’ll settle and make your homes, ^3-4 and when you burn a food offering, burnt offering, or sacrifice of meat from the herd or flock to make a pleasing aroma for Me; you should always accompany it with a grain offering—about two quarts of really good flour mixed with about one quart of oil. Do this whether your offering is a sworn vow or something you’re freely offering during the appointed festival. ⁵ Oh, and give a drink offering of some wine: about one quart for each lamb whenever you make a sacrifice or offering. ⁶ For bigger animals like a ram offer about four quarts of flour and about one and one-quarter quarts of oil, ⁷ and make about one and one-quarter quarts for the drink offering of wine. All of this will be a soothing aroma to Me. ⁸ For a bull (whether burnt or simply as a sacrifice to satisfy a promise or as an offering of well-being), ⁹ about six quarts of flour mixed with about two quarts of oil, ¹⁰ and make the drink offering two quarts of wine. Offer it by fire to make a soothing smell to Me. ¹¹ This is how you should offer oxen or rams, male lambs, or young goats. ¹² The specified accompaniments are for a single animal, so increase it based on the number of offerings you make. ^13-14 Every Israelite should follow these instructions for an offering by fire to make a soothing smell for Me. Others who happen to be living among you temporarily or permanently should offer sacrifices in the same way.