Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Present a loaf from the first of your ground meal and present it as an offering from the threshing floor. New Living Translation Present a cake from the first of the flour you grind, and set it aside as a sacred offering, as you do with the first grain from the threshing floor. English Standard Version Of the first of your dough you shall present a loaf as a contribution; like a contribution from the threshing floor, so shall you present it. Berean Standard Bible From 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. King James Bible Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it. New King James Version You shall offer up a cake of the first of your ground meal as a heave offering; as a heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it up. New American Standard Bible Of the first of your dough you shall lift up a loaf as an offering; as an offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. NASB 1995 ‘Of the first of your dough you shall lift up a cake as an offering; as the offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. NASB 1977 ‘Of the first of your dough you shall lift up a cake as an offering; as the offering of the threshing floor, so you shall lift it up. Legacy Standard Bible Of the first of your dough you shall raise up a cake as a contribution offering; as the contribution offering of the threshing floor, so you shall raise it up. Amplified Bible You shall lift up a cake made of the first of your [ground grain which has been made into] dough as an offering [to the Lord]; as an offering from the threshing floor, so shall you lift it up. Christian Standard Bible You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing floor. Holman Christian Standard Bible You are to offer a loaf from your first batch of dough as a contribution; offer it just like a contribution from the threshing floor. American Standard Version Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for a heave-offering: as the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. Contemporary English Version From the first batch of bread dough that you make after each new grain harvest, make a loaf of bread and offer it to me, just as you offer grain. English Revised Version Of the first of your dough ye shall offer up a cake for an heave offering: as ye do the heave offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. GOD'S WORD® Translation Shape one part of your dough into a ring the same way you do with the contribution you make from the threshing floor. Good News Translation When you bake bread, the first loaf of the first bread made from the new grain is to be presented as a special contribution to the LORD. This is to be presented in the same way as the special contribution you make from the grain you thresh. International Standard Version You are to offer a cake made from the first of your bread dough as a raised offering to the LORD. Offer it as a raised offering right off your threshing floor. NET Bible You must offer up a cake of the first of your finely ground flour as a raised offering; as you offer the raised offering of the threshing floor, so you must offer it up. New Heart English Bible Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering: as the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it. Webster's Bible Translation Ye shall offer a cake of the first of your dough for a heave-offering: as ye do the heave-offering of the threshing-floor, so shall ye heave it. Majority Text Translations Majority Standard BibleFrom 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. World English Bible Of the first of your dough you shall offer up a cake for a wave offering. As the wave offering of the threshing floor, so you shall heave it. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionyou raise up a cake of the first of your dough [as] a raised-offering; as the raised-offering of a threshing-floor, so you raise it up. Young's Literal Translation the beginning of your dough a cake ye heave up -- a heave-offering; as the heave-offering of a threshing-floor, so ye do heave it. Smith's Literal Translation The first of your groats, a cake, shall ye lift up a lifting up; as the lifting up of the threshing floor, so shall ye lift it up. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleOf the things you eat. As you separate firstfruits of your barnfloors: Catholic Public Domain Version from the foods that you eat. Just as you separate the first-fruits of your threshing floors, New American Bible A round loaf from your first batch of dough you shall offer as a contribution. Just like a contribution from the threshing floor you shall offer it. New Revised Standard Version From your first batch of dough you shall present a loaf as a donation; you shall present it just as you present a donation from the threshing floor. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleYou shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough as an offering to the LORD; as you make the offering of the threshing floor, so shall you offer it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Offer a cake from the best of your dough as an offering to LORD JEHOVAH, as an offering of the threshing floor; offer it in this way. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Of the first of your dough ye shall set apart a cake for a gift; as that which is set apart of the threshing-floor, so shall ye set it apart. Brenton Septuagint Translation Ye shall offer your bread a heave-offering: as a heave-offering from the threshing-floor, so shall ye separate it, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Laws about Offerings…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.… Cross References Exodus 23:19 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk. Deuteronomy 26:1-2 When you enter the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, and you take possession of it and settle in it, / you are to take some of the firstfruits of all your produce from the soil of the land that the LORD your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the LORD your God will choose as a dwelling for His Name, Leviticus 23:17 Bring two loaves of bread from your dwellings as a wave offering, each made from two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour, baked with leaven, as the firstfruits to the LORD. Nehemiah 10:37 Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor. Proverbs 3:9 Honor the LORD with your wealth and with the firstfruits of all your crops; Ezekiel 44:30 The best of all the firstfruits and of every contribution from all your offerings will belong to the priests. You are to give your first batch of dough to the priest, so that a blessing may rest upon your homes. 2 Chronicles 31:5 As soon as the order went out, the Israelites generously provided the firstfruits of the grain, new wine, oil, and honey, and of all the produce of the field, and they brought in an abundance—a tithe of everything. Deuteronomy 18:4 You are to give them the firstfruits of your grain, new wine, and oil, and the first wool sheared from your flock. Leviticus 2:14 If you bring a grain offering of firstfruits to the LORD, you shall offer crushed heads of new grain roasted on the fire. Exodus 34:26 Bring the best of the firstfruits of your soil to the house of the LORD your God. You must not cook a young goat in its mother’s milk.” Romans 11:16 If the first part of the dough is holy, so is the whole batch; if the root is holy, so are the branches. 1 Corinthians 15:20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. James 1:18 He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of His creation. 1 Corinthians 5:7-8 Get rid of the old leaven, that you may be a new unleavened batch, as you really are. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. / Therefore let us keep the feast, not with the old bread, leavened with malice and wickedness, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and of truth. Hebrews 6:20 where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek. Treasury of Scripture You shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough for an heave offering: as you do the heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall you heave it. a cake Numbers 18:12 All the best of the oil, and all the best of the wine, and of the wheat, the firstfruits of them which they shall offer unto the LORD, them have I given thee. Exodus 23:19 The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt bring into the house of the LORD thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a kid in his mother's milk. Deuteronomy 26:2-10 That thou shalt take of the first of all the fruit of the earth, which thou shalt bring of thy land that the LORD thy God giveth thee, and shalt put it in a basket, and shalt go unto the place which the LORD thy God shall choose to place his name there… the heave-offering Leviticus 2:14 And if thou offer a meat offering of thy firstfruits unto the LORD, thou shalt offer for the meat offering of thy firstfruits green ears of corn dried by the fire, even corn beaten out of full ears. Leviticus 23:20,16,17 And the priest shall wave them with the bread of the firstfruits for a wave offering before the LORD, with the two lambs: they shall be holy to the LORD for the priest… Jump to Previous Apart Beginning Cake Coarse Dough Heave Heave-Offering Present Rough Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-Floor WaveJump to Next Apart Beginning Cake Coarse Dough Heave Heave-Offering Present Rough Threshing Threshingfloor Threshing-Floor WaveNumbers 15 1. The law of the meat offering, and the drink offering14. The stranger is under the same law 17. The law of the first of the dough 22. The sacrifice for sins of ignorance 30. The punishment of presumption 32. He who violated the Sabbath is stoned 37. The law of tassels From the first of your dough This phrase refers to the practice of offering the first portion of dough made from the grain harvest. Biblically, the concept of "firstfruits" is significant, symbolizing the dedication of the first and best to God. This practice is rooted in the idea that all provisions come from God, and by offering the first portion, the Israelites acknowledged His sovereignty and provision. The firstfruits were a sign of gratitude and trust in God's continued provision. you are to lift up a cake as a contribution offer it just like an offering from the threshing floor Persons / Places / Events 1. MosesThe leader of the Israelites who received the laws from God and communicated them to the people. 2. Israelites The chosen people of God who were given the law to follow as they journeyed to the Promised Land. 3. Promised Land The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 4. Threshing Floor A place where grain was separated from the chaff, symbolizing the provision and blessing of God. 5. Offering A portion of the first fruits given to God as an act of worship and acknowledgment of His provision. Teaching Points Acknowledgment of God's ProvisionThe act of offering the first of the dough is a tangible acknowledgment of God's provision and blessings. It reminds believers to recognize God as the source of all good things in their lives. Principle of First Fruits The principle of first fruits teaches believers to prioritize God in their lives. By giving the first and best to God, we demonstrate trust in His continued provision. Worship through Giving Offering the first of the dough is an act of worship. It is a way to honor God and express gratitude for His faithfulness and generosity. Symbolism of the Threshing Floor The threshing floor symbolizes a place of separation and preparation. In our spiritual lives, we are called to separate ourselves from sin and prepare our hearts for God's work. Christ as the First Fruits Just as the Israelites offered the first fruits, Christ is the first fruits of the resurrection, assuring believers of their future resurrection and eternal life. Lists and Questions Top 10 Lessons from Numbers 15Numbers 20:1 - Why is Miriam's death recorded so briefly, with no details about her mourning or burial, unlike other prominent figures? Why does Exodus 20:8-11 mandate strict Sabbath observance, yet elsewhere in Scripture (e.g., Numbers 15:32-36) the penalty for Sabbath-breaking appears more severe? Numbers 25:6-8: Why does God commend Phinehas for killing an Israelite man and a Midianite woman, raising moral questions about vigilante violence? What does the Bible say about our lifespan?(20) Of the first of your dough.--Or, mixed meal. The word arisoth is used only in the plural number, and is found only in Nehemiah 10:37 and Ezekiel 44:30, besides this and the following verse.Verse 20. - A cake of the first of your dough. עַרִסֹת, only used here and in the two passages which refer to this enactment (Nehemiah 10:87; Ezekiel 44:30). It probably means whole meal coarsely ground, the first preparation of the new corn available for baking and eating. Septuagint has ἀπαρχὴ φυράματος, an expression used by St. Paul in Romans 11:16. As... the heave offering of the threshing floor, so shall ye heave it, i.e., the offering of bread from the home was to be made in addition to the offering of ears or grains from the threshing-floor, and in the same manner. No doubt this latter offering was a very ancient (Genesis 4:3) and general one, but it is not clearly described in the Law (see, however, Leviticus 2:14; Leviticus 23:10). All these heave offerings were the perquisite of the priest. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew From the firstרֵאשִׁית֙ (rê·šîṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 7225: The first, in place, time, order, rank of your dough, עֲרִסֹ֣תֵכֶ֔ם (‘ă·ri·sō·ṯê·ḵem) Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural Strong's 6182: Perhaps coarse meal you are to lift תָּרִ֣ימוּ (tā·rî·mū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise up a cake חַלָּ֖ה (ḥal·lāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2471: A cake (a type used in offerings) as a contribution; תְרוּמָ֑ה (ṯə·rū·māh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 8641: Contribution, offering (for sacred uses) offer תָּרִ֥ימוּ (tā·rî·mū) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise it אֹתָֽהּ׃ (’ō·ṯāh) Direct object marker | third person feminine singular Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case just like כֵּ֖ן (kên) Adverb Strong's 3651: So -- thus an offering כִּתְרוּמַ֣ת (kiṯ·rū·maṯ) Preposition-k | Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 8641: Contribution, offering (for sacred uses) from the threshing floor. גֹּ֔רֶן (gō·ren) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 1637: A threshing-floor, open area Links Numbers 15:20 NIVNumbers 15:20 NLT Numbers 15:20 ESV Numbers 15:20 NASB Numbers 15:20 KJV Numbers 15:20 BibleApps.com Numbers 15:20 Biblia Paralela Numbers 15:20 Chinese Bible Numbers 15:20 French Bible Numbers 15:20 Catholic Bible OT Law: Numbers 15:20 Of the first of your dough you (Nu Num.) |
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