Numbers

Numbers 15:17–21

¹⁷Then the LORD said to Moses, ¹⁸“Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land to which I am bringing you ¹⁹and you eat the food of the land, you shall lift up an offering to the LORD. ²⁰From the first of your dough, you are to lift up a cake as a contribution; offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor. ²¹Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.

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Numbers 15:17

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
said	וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר	way·ḏab·bêr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1696 speak
to Moses	מֹשֶׁ֥ה	mō·šeh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H4872 Moses

Numbers 15:18

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Speak	דַּבֵּר֙	dab·bêr	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine singular	H1696 speak
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the Israelites	בְּנֵ֣י	bə·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H1121 son
and tell them	וְאָמַרְתָּ֖	wə·’ā·mar·tā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
When you enter	בְּבֹֽאֲכֶם֙	bə·ḇō·’ă·ḵem	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural	H935 come in, come, go in, go
the land	הָאָ֔רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
to which	אֲשֶׁ֥ר	’ă·šer	Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
I	אֲנִ֛י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am bringing you	מֵבִ֥יא	mê·ḇî	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular	H935 come in, come, go in, go

Numbers 15:19

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
and you eat	בַּאֲכָלְכֶ֖ם	ba·’ă·ḵā·lə·ḵem	Preposition-b; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine plural	H398 eat
the food	מִלֶּ֣חֶם	mil·le·ḥem	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3899 bread, food
of the land	הָאָ֑רֶץ	hā·’ā·reṣ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H776 earth, land
you shall lift	תָּרִ֥ימוּ	tā·rî·mū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
up an offering	תְרוּמָ֖ה	ṯə·rū·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H8641 contribution, offering
to the LORD	לַיהוָֽה׃	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh

Numbers 15:20

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
From the first	רֵאשִׁית֙	rê·šîṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H7225 beginning, chief
of your dough	עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם	‘ă·ri·sō·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H6182 coarse meal
you are to lift	תָּרִ֣ימוּ	tā·rî·mū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
up a cake	חַלָּ֖ה	ḥal·lāh	Noun - feminine singular	H2471 a kind of cake
as a contribution	תְרוּמָ֑ה	ṯə·rū·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H8641 contribution, offering
offer	תָּרִ֥ימוּ	tā·rî·mū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
it	אֹתָֽהּ׃	’ō·ṯāh	Direct object marker; third person feminine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
just like	כֵּ֖ן	kên	Adverb	H3651 right, veritable, honest
an offering	כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת	kiṯ·rū·maṯ	Preposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct	H8641 contribution, offering
from the threshing floor	גֹּ֔רֶן	gō·ren	Noun - feminine singular	H1637 threshing-floor

Numbers 15:21

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Throughout your generations	לְדֹרֹ֖תֵיכֶֽם׃ס	lə·ḏō·rō·ṯê·ḵem	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H1755 period, generation, dwelling
you are to give	תִּתְּנ֥וּ	tit·tə·nū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H5414 give, put, set
the LORD	לַיהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Preposition-l; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
an offering	תְּרוּמָ֑ה	tə·rū·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H8641 contribution, offering
from the first	מֵרֵאשִׁית֙	mê·rê·šîṯ	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct	H7225 beginning, chief
of your dough	עֲרִסֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם	‘ă·ri·sō·ṯê·ḵem	Noun - feminine plural construct; second person masculine plural	H6182 coarse meal

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Numbers 15:18 Numbers 15:2 · Deuteronomy 26:1–15

Numbers 15:19 Joshua 5:11–12

Numbers 15:20 Leviticus 2:14 · Exodus 34:26 · Deuteronomy 26:2–10 · Leviticus 23:14–17 · Leviticus 23:10 · Proverbs 3:9–10 · Exodus 23:19 · Nehemiah 10:37 · Ezekiel 44:30

Numbers 15:21 Exodus 29:28

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.