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Numbers 15:9
present with the bull a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with half a hin of olive oil.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses instructs the Israelites in the wilderness regarding the specific grain and drink offerings required when presenting a young bull for a vow or peace offering.
The words — וְהִקְרִיב (ve./hik.Riv) translates literally to "and he will bring near," and סֹלֶת (So.let) means "fine flour."
The thread — The three-tenths ephah flour and half-hin oil measurements reappear in Numbers 28:12 for the daily temple bull, while Numbers 28:14 specifies the half-hin wine drink offering, and Leviticus 6:14 governs the priestly presentation of the grain offering.
Why it lands — The verse establishes fixed quantities of flour and oil for every bull sacrifice, requiring the worshiper to measure and prepare offerings according to exact standards rather than subjective judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then shall he bring with a bullock a meat offering of three tenth deals of flour mingled with half an hin of oil.
Cross-references
- Numbers 28:12 along with three-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with each bull, two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with oil as a grain offering with the ram,
- Numbers 28:14 Their drink offerings shall be half a hin of wine with each bull, a third of a hin with the ram, and a quarter hin with each lamb. This is the monthly burnt offering to be made at each new moon throughout the year.
- 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 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 7:37 This is the law of the burnt offering, the grain offering, the sin offering, the guilt offering, the ordination offering, and the peace offering,
- Numbers 29:6 These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 21:23 Ornan said to David, “Take it! May my lord the king do whatever seems good to him. Look, I will give the oxen for the burnt offerings, the threshing sledges for the wood, and the wheat for the grain offering—I will give it all.”
- Nehemiah 10:33 for the showbread, for the regular grain offerings and burnt offerings, for the Sabbath offerings, for the New Moons and appointed feasts, for the holy offerings, for the sin offerings to make atonement for Israel, and for all the duties of the house of our God.
- Ezekiel 42:13 Then the man said to me, “The north and south chambers facing the temple courtyard are the holy chambers where the priests who approach the LORD will eat the most holy offerings. There they will place the most holy offerings—the grain offerings, the sin offerings, and the guilt offerings—for the place is holy.
- Ezekiel 46:5 The grain offering with the ram shall be one ephah, and the grain offering with the lambs shall be as much as he is able, along with a hin of oil per ephah.