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Numbers 15:4
then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh instructs Moses to tell the Israelites that every animal sacrifice brought to produce a pleasing aroma requires a specific accompanying grain offering.
The words — הַמַּקְרִיב (hammaqriw) translates as "the one bringing near," identifying the worshiper responsible for the tribute. קָרְבָּנוֹ (qorbanow) means "his offering," specifying the exact flour and oil portion that must accompany the animal sacrifice.
The thread — The identical tenth-of-an-ephah flour and quarter-hin oil ratio appears in Exodus 29:40 for tabernacle lamb offerings. Leviticus 2:1 and 6:14 further establish fine flour and olive oil as the standard baseline for all grain offerings presented at the altar.
Why it lands — The text requires anyone presenting an animal sacrifice to also provide a measured portion of fine flour mixed with olive oil. It establishes a fixed, non-negotiable standard for accompanying offerings that must be calculated and delivered before the sacrifice proceeds.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Exodus 29:40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah of fine flour, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives, and a drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
- Leviticus 2:1 “When anyone brings a grain offering to the LORD, his offering must consist of fine flour. He is to pour olive oil on it, put frankincense on it,
- Leviticus 6:14 Now this is the law of the grain offering: Aaron’s sons shall present it before the LORD in front of the altar.
- Leviticus 23:13 along with its grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil—a food offering to the LORD, a pleasing aroma—and its drink offering of a quarter hin of wine.
- Numbers 28:5 along with a tenth of an ephah of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with a quarter hin of oil from pressed olives.
- Leviticus 14:10 On the eighth day he is to bring two unblemished male lambs, an unblemished ewe lamb a year old, a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with olive oil, and one log of olive oil.
- Leviticus 2:15 And you are to put oil and frankincense on it; it is a grain offering.
- Leviticus 7:9 Likewise, every grain offering that is baked in an oven or cooked in a pan or on a griddle belongs to the priest who presents it,
- Judges 9:9 But the olive tree replied, ‘Should I stop giving my oil that honors both God and man, to hold sway over the trees?’
- Isaiah 66:20 And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.”