Bible Strands
Numbers 15:21
Throughout your generations, you are to give the LORD an offering from the first of your dough.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses conveys these instructions to the Israelite community as part of a legislative sequence that links ritual contributions with provisions for unintentional transgressions.
The words — The phrase מֵרֵאשִׁית עֲרִסֹתֵיכֶם (mēreʾšîṯ ʿărîsōṯēḵem) literally renders "from the first of your dough," specifying the initial portion of a batch before it is fully processed.
The thread — This requirement for a first-portion offering parallels the heave offering designated for Aaron and his sons in Exodus 29:28 and the tithe system administered to the Levites in Numbers 18:26.
Why it lands — The text commands a permanent, generational practice of dedicating the initial yield to Yahweh before personal use.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the Lord an heave offering in your generations.
Cross-references
- Exodus 29:28 This will belong to Aaron and his sons as a regular portion from the Israelites, for it is the heave offering the Israelites will make to the LORD from their peace offerings.
- Numbers 18:26 “Speak to the Levites and tell them: ‘When you receive from the Israelites the tithe that I have given you as your inheritance, you must present part of it as an offering to the LORD—a tithe of the tithe.