Preface:    When Israel comes into the land, there are specific things which must be added to their sacrifices (bread and wine from their own land). These regulations are for both Israel and those who have immigrated to Israel. When a person sins not meaning to, there is a procedure given in order to have temporal forgiveness. However, if a person sins intentionally and publically, he was to be cut off. Then an example is made of a man who disobeyed the Sabbath day limitations (he gathered sticks on the Sabbath). God required that man to be executed. At the end of this chapter, God suggested a way that the people might remember what took place.

The Bible Summary of Numbers 15 (in 140 characters or less): There is one law for you and for strangers. Make an offering if you sin unintentionally. Anyone who sins defiantly shall be cut off.

There are many chapter commentaries on the book of Numbers. By the third draft, this should be the most extensive examination of Numbers 15, where you will be able to examine in depth every word of the original text. Every attempt has been made to make this both a complete and self-contained study. Therefore, all references, vocabulary, and related concepts should be found within this extensive study. Easy access links to more in-depth studies of some vocabulary words, concepts and doctrines are also provided.

Outline of Chapter 15:

Introduction

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Chapter Summary

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Charts, Graphics and Short Doctrines:

         Preface               Quotations

         Introduction         Titles and/or Brief Descriptions of Numbers 15 (by various commentators)

         Introduction         Brief, but insightful observations of Numbers 15 (various commentators)

         Introduction         Fundamental Questions About Numbers 15

         Introduction         The Prequel of Numbers 15

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         Introduction         The Principals of Numbers 15

         Introduction         The Places of Numbers 15

         Introduction         By the Numbers

         Introduction         Timeline for Numbers 15

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Numbers 15

         Introduction         Outlines of Numbers 15 (Various Commentators)

         Introduction         A Synopsis of Numbers 15 from the Summarized Bible

         Introduction         The Big Picture (Numbers 1–15)

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         Summary            A Set of Summary Doctrines and Commentary

         Summary            Why Numbers 15 is in the Word of God

         Summary            What We Learn from Numbers 15

         Summary            Jesus Christ in Numbers 15

         Summary            Edersheim Summarizes Numbers 15

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         Addendum          The Thanksgiving Proclamation of George Washington

         Addendum          The Mosaic Law (by R. B. Thieme, Jr.)

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         Addendum          Josephus’ History of this Time Period

         Addendum          A Complete Translation of Numbers 15

         Addendum          Doctrinal Teachers Who Have Taught Numbers 15

         Addendum          Word Cloud from a Reasonably Literal Paraphrase of Numbers 15

         Addendum          Word Cloud from Exegesis of Numbers 15

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An Introduction to Numbers 15

I ntroduction: In Numbers 15, God appears to be speaking to the next generation of Israelites. Therefore, I see this and subsequent incidents as taking place twenty or thirty years after Numbers 14. This will continue until the end of the book of Numbers (see Deuteronomy 1:3). Moses begins to deal with the next generation and, at the same time, God will deal with their fathers. The generation of Joshua and Caleb is lost. I don’t mean that they are not regenerated. I believe that virtually everyone in Israel had believed in the Revealed God. However, this older generation is not going to be the one to take the land of promise. God has promised to destroy them in the desert, so they are just marking time until their day has come. On average, Israel will lose about 20 people every day. However, there will be particular incidents where far more people die.

In any case, the birth rate of Israel will be just about equivalent to this huge death rate.

However, we will see in this chapter God's marvelous grace. This generation of Israel has failed miserably before God, yet, immediately after their failure, God is giving a list of laws to be followed upon entering into the land of Canaan.

Numbers 15 (along with Numbers 18–19) present more laws and customs to be observed by Israel. The general subject matter is very similar to the book of Leviticus. This certainly make me ask, why was this material not covered in Leviticus? Is this really new material? Why was this not covered in Leviticus? The fact that I am asking these questions at the beginning does not mean that I will be able to answer them.

The key to this chapter is, what happens once Israel takes the land of Canaan and lives there? What should they do?  In the desert-wilderness, they are not growing grains or grapes, so they are not producing flour or wine. When the people of Israel enter into their land and live there, they will be producing grain and cultivating grapes. Therefore, they will have flour and wine. Along with the animal sacrifices, there will be bloodless offerings (called a tribute offering or mincah) and drink offerings. The bread mixed with oil represents the Lord’s life on this earth in public. This is His public ministry (the oil represents Him being filled with the Spirit). The wine simply refers to the Lord’s life on this earth in general. Throughout His entire life, He needed to be sinless. In order for God to be satisfied with the offering of our Lord, there must be the animal sacrifice (representing the sacrifice of our Lord for our sins), the public ministry of our Lord (represented by the tribute offering) and the overall life of the Lord on this earth (represented by the wine).

The book of Numbers takes us from Sinai and the giving of the Law (which has already taken place) into the next generation. So the book of Numbers represents 38½–39 years of Israel’s time in the desert-wilderness. Is this book spread out, one chapter for each year? Are we in year 1 or 2, and then suddenly in year 39 or 40?

The book of Exodus takes us to Sinai and the giving of the Law. That pretty much takes us through the first year in the desert-wilderness. The book of Leviticus concentrates on the teaching which takes place after trhe construction of the Tabernacle. There is one historic incident of note in Leviticus, so that book takes place over the period of a month’s time (maybe a few month’s time). The Book of Numbers picks up with the second year since Israel has left Egypt (see Numbers 1:1 and 9:1). Numbers 13–14 represent the failure of Gen X (they would not enter into the land given them by God to take it). Throughout Numbers 15, we have God telling Moses what will be done after entering into the land of promise. Therefore, God would be speaking to the next generation, meaning that at least twenty years have passed (and maybe thirty of more). So Numbers 15 is a jump forward in time based upon the information given by God to Moses, who will then speak to the people. Numbers 15 is not for Gen X; it is for the generation of promise.

See the Books of Moses for a better overview of the Pentateuch. (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).

So Numbers 1–14 takes us partway through the 2^nd year since Israel left Egypt. Numbers 15–36 is all about the next generation (the generation of promise), those who will enter into the land of Canaan and take it. Numbers 15 likely takes place at least twenty years after Numbers 14 and by Numbers 36, we are probably in the final year of Israel in the desert-wilderness. The book of Deuteronomy is Moses teaching this second generation Bible doctrine so that they can enter into the land with knowledge and with confidence. Perhaps Moses taught this during the final month before entering the land; perhaps the final six months.

Israel would have people come into the land to live there. These would be non-Hebrew people who are attracted to nation Israel and to their God. Their practice of worship must be exactly like that practiced by the Hebrew people. That is also a part of what we find in this chapter.

Although there is a world of difference between the books of the Pentateuch, now and again we have circumstance like this where we cannot wonder,

Because there are a number of offerings, one thing that occurs to me is, perhaps every offering was an attempt to give the fullest picture possible of the Lord.

Bear in mind, when Jesus was offered for our sins on the cross, and when this was recognized by a number of people (like Peter); this would have to be a connection never having been made before in Old Testament times. That is, despite everything found in the Old Testament—all the animal sacrifices and the descriptions of the crucifixion in Psalm 22 and Isaiah 53—Satan could not, in all his genius, understand what God was going to do. For that reason, Satan played a part in making the crucifixion a certainty.

Jesus could have literally paid for our sins in a number of various situations, but what man needed to see was the incredible physical pain combined with the absolute unjustness of it all. That helps us to see what we cannot ever see. All of this helps us to understand an act which is beyond human comprehension.

Timeline for Numbers

There is very little narrative in the book of Numbers; so this information may have been given to Moses in a few days or, at most, a few weeks; and Moses both wrote these things down and informed the people. Because of information previously studied in the introduction, we are not 100% certain if all of this material was given to Moses while in the newly erected Tabernacle. I would lean towards that being the case.

As I have done previously, since this chapters is what God is saying to Moses, I will begin and end the chapter with quotation marks. I will not insert a new set of quotation marks for each new paragraph.

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As many translators have done before me, I treated vv. 1–5 as a single sentence.

Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:                       Note: I compare the Hebrew text to English translations of the Latin, Syriac (= Aramaic) and Greek texts, using the Douay-Rheims translation; George Lamsa’s translation, and Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton’s translation as revised and edited by Paul W. Esposito, respectively. I often update these texts with non-substantive changes (e.g., you for thou, etc.). I often use the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible instead of Brenton’s translation, because it updates the English text.

The Septuagint was the earliest known translation of a book (circa 200 b.c.). Since this translation was made before the textual criticism had been developed into a science and because different books appear to be translated by different men, the Greek translation can sometimes be very uneven.

When there are serious disparities between my translation and Brenton’s (or the text of the Complete Apostles’ Bible), I look at the Greek text of the Septuagint (the LXX) to see if a substantive difference actually exists (and I reflect these changes in the English rendering of the Greek text). I use the Greek LXX with Strong’s numbers and morphology available for e-sword. The only problem with this resource (which is a problem for similar resources) is, there is no way to further explore Greek verbs which are not found in the New Testament. Although I usually quote the Complete Apostles’ Bible here, I have begun to make changes in the translation when their translation conflicts with the Greek and note what those changes are.

The Masoretic text is the Hebrew text with all of the vowels (vowel points) inserted (the original Hebrew text lacked vowels). We take the Masoretic text to be the text closest to the original. However, differences between the Masoretic text and the Greek, Latin and Syriac are worth noting and, once in a great while, represent a more accurate text possessed by those other ancient translators.

In general, the Latin text is an outstanding translation from the Hebrew text into Latin and very trustworthy (I say this as a non-Catholic). Unfortunately, I do not read Latin—apart from some very obvious words—so I am dependent upon the English translation of the Latin (principally, the Douay-Rheims translation).

The comparisons which I do are primarily between the English translations which are taken from the ancient tongues. For the most part, the variances are so minor that I rarely investigate them any further than that.

Underlined words indicate differences in the text.

Bracketed portions of the Dead Sea Scrolls are words, letters and phrases lost in the scroll due to various types of damage. Underlined words or phrases are those in the Dead Sea Scrolls but not in the Masoretic text.

I will only list the translation from the Dead Sea Scrolls if it exists and if it is different from the Masoretic text.

The Targum of Onkelos is actually the Pentateuchal Targumim, which are The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel. On the Pentateuch With The Fragments of the Jerusalem Targum From the Chaldee by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. From http://www.becomingjewish.org/texts/targum/onkelos_Numbers.html and first published in 1862.

Occasionally, there is an obvious error in the English translation, and I correct those without additional mention or footnoting. For instance, the online version of the Targum of Onkelos which I use has gorund in Ex. 4:9; I simply corrected the text. This may occur once or twice in a chapter.

I attempt to include translations which are different in their vocabulary and phrasing. On many occasions, I may include a translation which is not substantially different than another listed translation.

Most of the translations can be found here.

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        And so speaks Y^ehowah unto Moses, to say, “Speak unto sons of Israel and you have said unto them, ‘When you (all) come unto the land, sitting places of you (all) which I am giving to you (all); and so you all have made a fire offering for Y^ehowah—a burnt offering or a slaughtered animal to make (a special) vow or in a freewill offering or in set times of you (all)—to make a scent of soothing to Y^ehowah, from the herd or from the flock; and has caused to approach, the one bringing an offering of him to Y^ehowah, a minchah flour a tenth [of an ephah] being mixed in a fourth of the hin, oil; and wine for a drink offering a fourth of the hin, to do upon the burnt offering or for the slaughtered animal, for the lamb the one.

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Targum (Onkelos)                  . Translation for Onkelos and Pseudo-Jonathan by J. W. Etheridge, M.A. (1862).

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   .

Jerusalem targum                  .

Updated Douay-Rheims         .

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Speak to the children of Israel and thou shalt say to them: When you shall be come unto the land of your habitation, which I will give you,

And shall make an offering to the Lord, for a holocaust, or a victim, paying your vows, or voluntarily offering gifts, or in your solemnities burning a sweet savour unto the Lord, of oxen or of sheep:

Whosoever immolateth the victim, shall offer a sacrifice of fine flour, the tenth part of an ephi, tempered with the fourth part of a hin of oil:

And he shall give the same measure of wine to pour out in libations for the holocaust or for the victim. For every lamb,...

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        Mar-Yah spoke to Mosha, saying,

"Speak to the B'nai Yisrael, and tell them, 'When you have come into the land of your habitations, which I give to you,

and will make an offering by fire to Mar-Yah, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering, or in your set feasts, to make a pleasant aroma to Mar-Yah, of the herd, or of the flock;

then he who offers his offering shall offer to Mar-Yah a meal offering of a tenth part of an efah of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of oil:

and wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     .

V. Alexander’s Aramaic T.     .

Samaritan Pentateuch           And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you

And will make an offering by fire unto the LORD, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savour unto the LORD, of the herd, or of the flock:

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.

And the fourth [part] of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

Speak to the children of Israel, and you shall say to them, When you have come into the land of your habitation, which I give to you,

and you will offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, a whole burnt offering or a grain offering to perform a vow, or a freewill offering, or to offer in your feasts a sacrifice of sweet savor to the Lord, whether of the herd or the flock:

then he that offers his gift to the Lord shall bring a grain offering of fine flour, a tenth part of an ephah mingled with oil, even with the fourth part of a hin.

And for a drink offering you shall offer the fourth part of a hin on the whole burnt offering, or on the grain offering: for every lamb you shall offer so much, as a sacrifice, an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             And the Lord said to Moses, 

Say to the children of Israel, When you have come into the land which I am giving to you for your resting-place, 

And are going to make an offering by fire to the Lord, a burned offering or an offering in connection with an oath, or an offering freely given, or at your regular feasts, an offering for a sweet smell to the Lord, from the herd or the flock: 

Then let him who is making his offering, give to the Lord a meal offering of a tenth part of a measure of the best meal mixed with a fourth part of a hin of oil: 

And for the drink offering, you are to give with the burned offering or other offering, the fourth part of a hin of wine for every lamb.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  The LORD said to Moses, "Speak to the Israelites and say to them: I am giving you a land to be your home. When you enter that land, you must give special gifts to the LORD. Their smell will please the LORD. You will use your cattle, sheep, and goats for burnt offerings, sacrifices, special promises, special gifts, fellowship offerings, or at your special festivals.

"At the time someone brings their offering, they must also give a grain offering to the LORD. The grain offering will be 8 cups of fine flour mixed with 1 quart of olive oil. Each time you offer a lamb as a burnt offering or sacrifice, you must also prepare a quart of wine as a drink offering.

God’s Word™                         .

Good News Bible (TEV)         The LORD gave Moses the following regulations for the people of Israel to observe in the land that he was going to give them. A bull, a ram, a sheep, or a goat may be presented to the LORD as a burnt offering or as a sacrifice in fulfillment of a vow or as a freewill offering or as an offering at your regular religious festivals; the odor of these food offerings is pleasing to the LORD. Whoever presents a sheep or a goat as a burnt offering to the LORD is to bring with each animal 2 pounds of flour mixed with 2 pints of olive oil as a grain offering, together with 2 pints of wine.

The Message                         .

Names of God Bible               .

NIRV                                      .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

Contemporary English V.       The LORD told Moses to give the Israelites the following laws about offering sacrifices: Bulls or rams or goats are the animals that you may burn on the altar as sacrifices to please me. You may also offer sacrifices voluntarily or because you made a promise, or because they are part of your regular religious ceremonies. The smell of the smoke from these sacrifices is pleasing to me. If you sacrifice a young ram or goat, you must also offer two pounds of your finest flour mixed with a quart of olive oil as a grain sacrifice. A quart of wine must also be poured on the altar.

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Life Version                    .

New Living Translation           .

UnfoldingWord (Simplified)    Then Yahweh told Moses, "Tell this to the Israelite people, 'When you arrive in the land that I am giving to you, you must offer to me special sacrifices which will be pleasing to me when the priest burns them on the altar. Some of them may be offerings that will be completely burned on the altar. Some of them may be to indicate that you have made a solemn promise to me. Some of them may be offerings that you yourselves have decided to make. Some of them may be offerings at one of the festivals that you celebrate each year. These offerings may be taken from your herds of cattle or from your flocks of sheep and goats. When you give these offerings, you must also bring to me a flour offering of about two liters of nice flour mixed with about a liter of olive oil. When you offer a young ram or goat for the sacrifice that will be completely burned up, or when you offer as a sacrifice of every young lamb, you should prepare a liter of wine to be used as a drink offering.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

Translation for Translators     .

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Christian Standard Bible        .

Berean Study Bible                .

Conservapedia                       .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

The Heritage Bible                 .

International Standard V        .

Lexham English Bible            .

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Word Literal Text   .

Urim-Thummim Version         YHWH spoke to Moses saying, Speak to the children of Israel and say to them, When you are come into the land of your residence that I give to you, and will make a Burnt-Offering by fire to YHWH, a whole Burnt-Offering, to fulfill a vow or as Free-Will offering, or in your appointed times to make a tranquilizing aroma unto YHWH, of the herd or of the flock. Then will he that presents his offering to YHWH bring a Grain- Offering of 1/10th part of flour [2 quarts] mixed with 1/4th part [1 quart] of an hin of oil. And 1/4th part of a hin of wine [1 quart] for a Drink-Offering you will prepare with the whole Burnt-Offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

Wikipedia Bible Project          .

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)  MORE LAWS

• Yahweh spoke to Moses and said, “Tell this to the people of Israel: This is a rule for you when you have entered the land I give to you. When you make a fragrant offering to Yahweh, either as a burnt offering or in payment of a vow, or as a voluntary gift, or on the occasion of one of your solemn feasts, whoever takes from his herds and flocks for a fragrant offering to Yahweh shall bring also, as a gift to Yahweh, a grain offering of two pounds of fine flour mixed with two pints of oil. He shall also make a wine offering, two pints for each lamb, in addition to the burnt offering or sacrifice.

• 15.1 In chapters 15–19 we again have laws and customs of Israel.

– Verse 7. Instructions about offering the first batch of bread—the first loaves from flour of the harvest. The people of God will be a well-trained and courteous people: they will not eat without giving thanks nor serve themselves first, but will offer the first part to the Levite or the poor, which means offering it to God.

– Verse 37. The violet cord can be compared to the badges which many people wear today: an external sign which is good insofar as it corresponds to an interior disposition. Jesus accepted this prescription (Mt 9:20) but he criticized those who wore these tassels only for show (Mt 23:5).

New American Bible(2011)    .

The Catholic Bible                  .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989            .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

Eth Cepher Bible                    AND Yahuah spoke unto El־Mosheh, saying, Speak unto the children of Yashar’el, and say unto them, When ye are come into the land of your habitations, which I give unto you, And will make an offering by fire unto Yahuah, an ascending smoke offering, or a sacrifice in performing a vow, or in a freewill offering, or in your solemn feasts, to make a sweet savor unto Yahuah, of the herd, or of the flock: Then shall he that offers his offering unto Yahuah bring an oblation of a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil.  And the fourth part of a hin of wine for a drink offering shall you prepare with the ascending smoke offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.

exeGeses companion Bible   .

Hebraic Roots Bible               .

Kaplan Translation                 .

The Scriptures–2009              And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying, “Speak to the children of Yisra’ěl, and say to them, ‘When you have come into the land of your dwellings, which I am giving you, and you make an offering by fire to יהוה, an ascending offering or a slaughtering, to accomplish a vow or as a voluntary offering or in your appointed times, to make a sweet fragrance to יהוה, from the herd or the flock, then he who brings near his offering to יהוה shall bring near a grain offering of one-tenth of an ěphah of fine flour mixed with one-fourth of a hin of oil, and one-fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering you prepare with the ascending offering or the slaughtering, for each lamb.

Tree of Life Version                Again Adonai spoke to Moses saying, “Speak to Bnei-Yisrael and say to them: When you enter the land that I am giving you where you will make your homes, and you are presenting a fire offering to Adonai—a burnt offering or a sacrifice to mark fulfilling a vow, a freewill offering, or during moadim—to present a pleasing aroma to Adonai, from the herd or from the flock, the one bringing the offering is to present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil. “Now with each lamb for the burnt offering or sacrifice, you are to prepare a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            AND JESUS SPOKE TO MOSES, SAYING,

“SPEAK TO THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL, AND YOU SHALL SAY TO THEM, ‘WHEN YOU ARE COME INTO THE LAND OF YOUR HABITATION, WHICH I GIVE TO YOU,

AND YOU WILL OFFER WHOLE BURNT OFFERINGS TO JESUS, A WHOLE BURNT OFFERING OR A MEAT-OFFERING TO PERFORM A VOW, OR A FREE-WILL OFFERING, OR TO OFFER IN YOUR FIESTAS A SACRIFICE OF SWEET SCENT TO JESUS, WHETHER OF THE HERD OR THE FLOCK;

THEN HE THAT OFFERS HIS GIFT TO JESUS SHALL BRING A MEAT-OFFERING OF FINE FLOUR, A TENTH PART OF AN EPHAH MINGLED WITH OIL, EVEN WITH THE FOURTH PART OF A HIN.

AND FOR A DRINK-OFFERING YOU SHALL OFFER THE FOURTH PART OF A HIN ON THE WHOLE BURNT OFFERING, OR ON THE MEAT-OFFERING: FOR EVERY LAMB YOU SHALL OFFER SO MUCH, AS A SACRIFICE, A SMELL OF SWEET SCENT TO JESUS.

Awful Scroll Bible                   Sustains To Become was to speak to Moses, to the intent:

"Be speaking to the sons of Contends-with-he-mighty even is you to have said, 'As yous were to come in to the solid grounds of your assembly, that I am granting to yous, even as yous are to have prepared a fire offering to Sustains To Become the whole burnt offering or a sacrifice, to make an extraordinary vow or that voluntary, or for the rendezvous, for to make a soothing aroma to Sustains To Become that of the large cattle or small cattle: He bringing near his offering to Sustains To Become is to have brought near a tribute offering, a tenth part of fine flour, being mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil; and a fourth of a hin of wine for a libation, even were yous to prepare with the whole burnt offering, or the sacrifice of each young ram.

Concordant Literal Version    Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you come to the land of your dwellings which I am giving to you, and you make a fire offering to Yahweh, an ascent offering or a sacrifice for an extraordinary vow or in a voluntary offering or in your appointments to make a fragrant odor to Yahweh from the herd or from the flock, then the one approaching will bring near as his offering to Yahweh an approach present, a tenth of an ephah of flour mingled with a fourth of a hin of oil;" as for wine for a libation you shall offer on the ascent offering or for a sacrifice a fourth of a hin with the one lamb.

exeGeses companion Bible   CELEBRATION SEASONS

And Yah Veh words to Mosheh, saying,

Word to the sons of Yisra El, and say to them,

When you enter the land of your settlements,

which I give you,

and work a firing to Yah Veh

- a holocaust, or a sacrifice,

or marvel a vow;

or in a voluntary or in your seasons

work a scent of rest to Yah Veh

of the oxen or of the flock:

he who oblates his qorban to Yah Veh

oblates an offering of a tenth of flour

mixed with the fourth of a hin of oil;

and for a libation

work the fourth of a hin of wine

for the holocaust or for the sacrifice

for one lamb.

Orthodox Jewish Bible           And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

Speak unto the Bnei Yisroel, and say unto them, When ye be enter into Eretz Moshevoteichem (Land of your Homes), which I give unto you,

And will make an offering by eish unto Hashem, an olah or a zevach in performing a neder, or in a nedvah or in your mo'adim, to make a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem, of the herd or of the flock;

Then shall he that offereth his korban unto Hashem bring a minchah of a tenth ephah of flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin of shemen.

And the fourth part of a hin of yayin for a nesekh shalt thou prepare with the olah (burnt offering) or zevach, for one keves (lamb).

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

The Expanded Bible              .

International Standard V        Offerings by the Israelis

Later, the Lord instructed [Or spoke] Moses, “Tell the Israelis that when you enter the land where you’ll be living that I’m about to give you, you are to make an offering by fire to the Lord, either a burnt offering, a sacrificial offering to fulfill a vow, or a voluntary offering at the appointed time, to make a pleasing aroma to the Lord either from your cattle or from your flocks.

“The offeror is to bring the oblation to the Lord, containing one tenth of an ephah [The Heb. lacks of an ephah] of fine flour as a grain offering, mixed with one fourth of a hin of olive oil.

“Also prepare one fourth of a hin of wine for a drink offering or for the sacrifice of each lamb.

Kretzmann’s Commentary    .

Lexham English Bible            Various Sacrifices and Offerings

Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the Israelites [Literally “sons/children of Israel”] and say to them, ‘When you come into the land of your dwellings that I am about to give to you, you will make an offering by fire for Yahweh from the cattle or from the flock, a burnt offering or a sacrifice to fulfill a vow, or as a freewill offering or at your feasts, to make a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh. And the one who presents an offering [Hebrew “his offering”] for Yahweh, he will present a grain offering of finely milled flour; a tenth will be mixed with a fourth of the liquid measure of oil; and you will add a fourth of wine for the libation upon the burnt offering, or to the sacrifice for each ram-lamb.

Syndein/Thieme                     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

The Complete Tanach           .

The Geneva Bible                  .

Kaplan Translation                 Meal Offerings for Sacrifices

God spoke to Moses, telling him to

speak to the Israelites and say to them:

When you come to your homeland that I am giving you,

you will be presenting fire offerings to God. They may be burnt offerings, or other sacrifices, either for a general or specific pledge, or for your festivals. Taken from the cattle or smaller animals, they shall be meant to provide an appeasing fragrance to God.

The one bringing the sacrifice to God must then present a grain offering consisting of 1/10 [ephah] of the best grade wheat meal mixed with 1/4 hin olive oil.

The wine for the libation shall [also] be 1/4 hin. This shall be for each sheep offered as a burnt offering or [peace] sacrifice. The Kaplan Translation, particularly in Numbers through Deuteronomy, takes note of historic rabbinic opinions.

When you come to your homeland

Grain offerings (menachoth) were not offered together with sacrifices until after the Israelites entered the promised land (Sifri; Ramman).

burnt offerings

See Genesis 8:20, Leviticus 1:3.

general or specific pledge

See Leviticus 7:16.

1/10 ephah

This is an omer, a day's worth of food (Exodus 16:36). It is around 2 quarts.

wheat meal

See note on Leviticus 2:1.

1/4 hin

Around one quart.

peace

(See Yad, Maaseh HaKorbanoth 2:2,3; Menachoth 90b).

NET Bible®                             .

New American Bible(2011)    .

Rotherham’s Emphasized B.                                                § 17. Legislation again.

Chapter 15.

Then spake Yahweh unto Mosesˎ saying:

    Speak unto the sons of Israel, and thou shalt say unto them,—

≤When ye shall enter into the land of your dwelling-places, which ||I|| am giving unto you; and ye would offerˎ as an altar-flame unto Yahwehˎ an ascending-offering or a sacrifice,^g for celebrating a vow or as a freewill-offering, or in your appointed seasons,—by way of offering a satisfying odour unto Yahweh, from the herd or from the flock≥ then shall he that bringeth near his oblation bring near unto Yahweh a meal offering ˎ of fine meal a tenth part [of an ephah] overflowed with the fourth part of a hin of oil; <wine also for a drink-offeringˎ the fourth part of a hin> shalt thou offer with the ascending-offering or with the sacrifice,a—for eachʹ he-lamb.

                                               ^g Prob.=“peace-offering” Cp. P.B., Leviticus, pp. 60 (iii), 62 (5). 

Updated ASV                         Laws Concerning Offerings

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land you are to inhabit, which I am giving you, and you make an offering by fire to Jehovah, a burnt offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill offering, or at your appointed feasts, to make a restful aroma[73] to Jehovah, from the herd, or from the flock, then shall he who offers his offering offer to Jehovah a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah[74] of fine flour mixed with the fourth part of a hin[75] of oil: and wine for the drink offering, the fourth part of a hin, you shall prepare with the burnt offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

[73] That is, pleasing, appeasing, soothing

[74] A tenth of an ephah equaled 2.2 L (2 dry qt). LXX VG “A tenth of an ephah” MT SP SYR “a tenth”

[75] A hin equaled 3.67 L (7.75 pt).

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  .

C. Thomson Updated OT       .

Charles Thomson OT            Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, When you are come into the land of your habitation, which I give you, and thou wilt offer whole burnt offerings to the Lord, whether it be an offering of homage, or a sacrifice to magnify a vow, or a free will offering; or at your festivals, to make a smell of fragrance to the Lord; if they be from the herds or the flocks, he who bringeth his gift to the Lord must also bring for a sacrifice of flour, the tenth of an ephah of fine flour, made up with the fourth of an hin of oil; and for a libation you shall pour the fourth of an hin of wine upon the whole burnt offering, or upon the sacrifice; for every lamb you shall do this, as an offering of homage, a smell of fragrance for the Lord:...

Context Group Version          And YHWH spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, and say to them, When you (pl) come into the land of your (pl) habitations, which I give to you (personal love), and will make an offering by fire to YHWH, an ascension [offering], or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a freewill-offering, or in your (pl) set feasts, to make a sweet aroma to YHWH, of the herd, or of the flock; then he who offers his offering shall offer to YHWH a tribute [offerings] of a tenth part [of an ephah] of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a hin of oil: and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, you shall prepare with the ascension [offering], or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

English Standard Version      .

Green’s Literal Translation    .

Legacy Standard Bible           .

Literal Standard Version        . refreshing

Modern English Version         .

Modern Literal Version 2020  And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them, When you* come into the land of your* dwelling, which I give to you*, and will make a fire-offering to Jehovah, a burnt-offering, or a sacrifice, to accomplish a vow, or as a free-will offering, or in your* set feasts, to make a sweet aroma to Jehovah, of the herd, or of the flock, then he who offers his offering will offer to Jehovah a food-offering of a tenth part of a 10-gallon container of fine flour mingled with the fourth part of a 5-quart container of oil. And wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a 5-quart container, you will prepare with the burnt-offering, or for the sacrifice, for each lamb.

New American Standard B.    .

New European Version          .

New King James Version       .

Niobi Study Bible                   . Title

Revised Mechanical Trans.    ...and YHWH spoke to Mosheh saying, speak to the sons of Yisra'eyl, and you will say to them, given that you will come to the land of your settlings, which I am giving to you, and you will do a fire offering to YHWH, an ascension offering or a sacrifice to perform a vow, or with a freewill offering, or with your appointed things to make a sweet aroma to YHWH, from the cattle or from the flocks, and he will bring near the bringing near of his donation to YHWH, a deposit of flour, one-tenth mixed in a fourth of the hiyn of oil, and wine for the pouring, a fourth of the hiyn, you will place upon the ascension offering, or to the sacrifice for the one sheep.

Updated ASV                         .

Updated Bible Version 2.17   .

A Voice in the Wilderness      . soothing

Webster’s Bible Translation  .

World English Bible                .

Young's Literal Translation     .

Young's Updated LT              .

The gist of this passage: 

1-5

Translation: And so Y^ehowah speaks unto Moses, saying,...

Very likely, Moses is in the Tabernacle and God is speaking to him from the Mercy Seat (which Moses cannot see, but he can hear from where the voice is emanating).

Numbers 15:1 And so Y^ehowah speaks unto Moses, saying,... (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Numbers, like Leviticus, is rarely taught in the Christian church. It was ruined in translation like Leviticus because most of these books are direct quotes from God to Moses.

Translation: ...“Speak to the sons of Israel...

Moses is to speak to the people of Israel.

Recall from the previous two chapters that God had taken Israel up to the land to take it, but they refused. Then, when the people realized that they would die in the desert, then they moved against the land of Canaan, but without God’s direction or permission, and they were wiped out. This took place in Numbers 13 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD) and Numbers 14 (HTML) (PDF) (WPD).

Nevertheless, God’s communication with Israel is not discontinued. They still receive the Word of God.

Illustration: What this reminds me of is the believer who fails over and over again and he feels badly about it and he rededicates his life to Jesus—but as soon as he sins, he is out of fellowship again. And he still pushes forward. Now, maybe he dies the sin unto death (those who were killed in battle) and maybe he doesn’t (those who retreated and escaped). Because he is so shocked by his own sins and failures, he pushes forward, surrendering to preach or surrendering to go out on the mission field as a result of his rededication (yet he does all of this without naming his sins to God on a regular basis—every few minutes if necessary). He pushes forward, despite the fact that often his efforts are made in the flesh—and yet, he has a ministry of sorts, whether as a pastor-teacher or as a missionary. Now, how can this happen? How can a person who is legalistic, who rejects rebound, and yet somehow pushes himself into the ministry by sheer force of will? How does that happen? First of all, this man may have been so shocked from his sins that certain ones he does not commit anymore (perhaps the big, overt ones), and he is living pretty much in accordance with the laws of divine establishment. Anyone who lives in accordance with the laws of divine establishment is going to have a generally better life, even if he does not rebound. But then, you ask, how can his ministry—if he is often out of fellowship—prosper at all? That is explained by God’s promise: My Word shall not return to Me void (Isaiah 55:11). So someone could actually end up in some sort of a teaching ministry where he is often out of fellowship, because he does not accept 1John 1:9, but there is some response to his ministry. Some people here him give the gospel and they are saved; some hear and understand when he teaches God’s Word, and this provides them with some growth. No matter how imperfect we are, God’s Word will not return to Him void. When it is given out, in some way or another, it will not return to God void, no matter how worthless the vessel who speaks it.

Application: In my life, I have heard many imperfect messengers (obviously, they are all imperfect)—those who are well-known and those who are not known by hardly anyone. If they speak God’s Word as a part of their ministry, that Word will not return to God void and when that person is in fellowship (that will happen sometimes), then their teaching is divine good and it is rewardable.

Application: For this reason, I am hesitant to name any particular pastor or evangelist and give you a list of reasons why he is doing a lousy job. It is not my place, nor I do I need the divine discipline. Furthermore, if he quotes a few verses and explains them, God’s Word will not return void.

Even though Gen X has failed over and over again, God continues to make His Word known to them (and to their children, who will take the land). Bear in mind that, when Moses repeats these words from God, they will be repeated to Gen X, the great failures of the previous two chapters. As long as they are alive, they can return to fellowship and return to God.

Translation: ...and you have said unto them,...

As Moses has done previously, a system was worked out where God would speak to Moses, Moses would speak to various leaders (some of whom are total failures), and these leaders will speak these words to God’s people (most of whom are total failures).

What is going to happen with God’s Word? It will eventually get down to the sons of these men. It will be taught to them, and they will believe God’s words and apply them to their souls and they will enter the promised land and take it. God’s Word will not return to Him void.

Translation: ...‘When you (all) come into the land,...

God says, when you come into the land. This information is going to be for the generation of promise. This is a generation which is about age 21 and younger; and many of them have not even been born yet. 38 years from now, it is the next generation who will enter the land (I call them the generation of promise, but I could have also called them next gen).

Translation: ...habitations of you (all) which I am giving to you (all);...

When next gen enters the land, the houses will already be there. Their dwelling places will be there waiting for them. God is not just giving them the land of promise but He is giving them places to live as well. The word used here is moshabim (מוֹשָבִים) [pronounced moe-shaw-BEEM] and it means, seats, sitting places; habitations, dwellings; territories. Strong’s #4186 BDB #444. In context, we are speaking of the places where the people of Israel will live.

Numbers 15:2 ...“Speak to the sons of Israel and you have said unto them, ‘When you (all) come into the land, habitations of you (all) which I am giving to you (all);... (Kukis mostly literal translation)

This is a marvelous statement. The Jews have just been pushed back out of the land due to their unbelief and God has told them, "Your carcasses will fall in this desert and your children will wander in the desert forty years and bear [the results of] your fornications until your carcasses are wasted in the desert...You will bear your iniquities [for] forty years." (Numbers 14:32b–33, 34b). Yet God even at this point in time prepares them for the entering of the land. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable ( Romans 11:29).

We are now speaking to the next generation of Israelites. God will not need to deal in any detail with their parents. God knows that they will enter into the land and that they will take it. This second generation has just seen their parents beaten down and thrown out of the land. This verse gives them hope and tells them that they will enter into the land. More than giving them hope, God must also be certain that this next generation will follow the rituals and obey His commandments, which actions glorify Him.

Translation: ...and so you (all) have prepared a fire offering for Y^ehowah...

This is something that the people will do when making an offering of fire for Y^ehowah.

An offering of fire refers to judgment. Fire nearly always refers to judgment (I cannot think of anything else that it refers to in the Scriptures). Every offering of fire is a reference to Jesus Christ, Who will take upon Himself our sins. He will be judged for our sins in His stead.

Translation: ...—a burnt offering or a slaughtered animal to make (a special) vow or with a freewill offering or during the set feasts of you (all)—...

There are many kinds of offerings found in the Mosaic Law. It might be a burnt offering or an animal offered up for a special vow or a freewill offering or an offering which is offered up during the feast days. The general description is an animal offered by or with fire. Then four general groups are given in v. 3b.

Translation: ...to make a soothing odor for Y^ehowah,...

All of these offerings, offerings which are made by fire, are a soothing odor, a tranquilizing scent to Y^ehowah. God the Father has against us our sins and we ought to spent eternity separate from God for the millions of sins which we have committed. However, these various offerings represent Jesus Christ being offered in our stead on the cross. Because of this, we are no longer odoriferous to God. We no longer smell awful to God.

Most of us have come across road kill and we know just how awful it can smell. This illustrates what we are like to God. We are absolutely repugnant to Him. However, the Lord’s sacrifice is a soothing odor to God.

Perhaps another way to contrast this is, a bull or a cow drops dead and you smell it 24–48 hours later. The smell is horrendous. It is retching. However, had that animal, prior to its death, been killed and chopped up into steaks and other cuts, and we smell this on the bbq, well, that is a whole different smell. Same animal, but different conditions.

All that being said, bear in mind that God is a Spirit and He has no sensory organs, so He does not have a nose and He does not actually smell things. All of this is representative. These sacrifices and how they are described are typical of the cross.

Translation: ...from the herd or from the flock;...

This animal offering could be from the larger or small domesticated animals.

Numbers 15:3 ...and so you (all) have prepared a fire offering for Y^ehowah—a burnt offering or a slaughtered animal to make (a special) vow or with a freewill offering or during the set feasts of you (all)—to make a soothing odor for Y^ehowah, from the herd or from the flock;... (Kukis mostly literal translation)

The first thing they are to do upon entering the land is to sacrifice to Y^ehowah. There are a number of different sacrifices, each signifying something slightly different, as we have studied in the book of Leviticus. We have studied the vow offerings in Leviticus 22:17–23.

Translation: ...and the one bringing his offering to Y^ehowah brings near the grain offering, a tenth [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil,...

The person who brings this offering near to Y^ehowah also will bring a grain offering. The grain offering, also called a mincah, also called a bloodless offering—this speaks of the humanity of our Lord. The humanity of our Lord is mixed in with oil, which represents the Holy Spirit. So all of this speaks of the humanity of our Lord, our Lord in His 1^st advent.

Numbers 15:4 ...and the one bringing his offering to Y^ehowah brings near the grain offering, a tenth [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil,... (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Those who brought an offering—or, as it says here, approached or came near with an offering—were to also bring an offering of flour mixed with oil. To remind you, the flour is the humanity of Jesus Christ and the oil is the filling of the Holy Spirit. Recall a hin is approximately a gallon, so the amount of oil here is roughly a quart (or a liter).

Translation: ...and wine for a drink offering, a fourth of a hin,...

Wine is also offered up as a drink offering. I would suggest that wine represents life on this earth, so that we are again stating that we are speaking of the 1^st advent of our Lord.

Translation: ...to place on the burnt offering or for the slaughtered animal, for the one lamb. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

The bloodless offering along with the wine are placed upon the meat of the offering. All of this is a tranquilizing scent to the Lord.

This gives us the approximate amounts to be offered. Two pounds of flour mixed with a quart of oil essentially describes two loaves of bread along with a quart of wine for each lamb offered.

Generally speaking, these things offered would be eaten by the priests, the Levites or those making the offering. So, even though these things are representative of our Lord during the 1^st advent and His offering for us; these are also reasonable proportions to be prepared for a meal.

Numbers 15:5 ...and wine for a drink offering, a fourth of a hin, to place on the burnt offering or for the slaughtered animal, for the one lamb. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

This wine can be intoxicating, as the same word is found in Genesis 9:21, 24 and is forbidden to the Nazarites (Numbers 6:3). This is the first verse where wine is a part of the sacrifice to God.

Numbers 15:1–5 And so Y^ehowah speaks unto Moses, saying, “Speak to the sons of Israel and you have said unto them, ‘When you (all) come into the land, habitations of you (all) which I am giving to you (all); and so you (all) have prepared a fire offering for Y^ehowah—a burnt offering or a slaughtered animal to make (a special) vow or with a freewill offering or during the set feasts of you (all)—to make a soothing odor for Y^ehowah, from the herd or from the flock; and the one bringing his offering to Y^ehowah brings near the grain offering, a tenth [of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin of oil, and wine for a drink offering, a fourth of a hin, to place on the burnt offering or for the slaughtered animal, for the one lamb. (Kukis mostly literal translation)

Numbers 15:1–5 Jehovah spoke to Moses again, saying, “Speak these words to the sons of Israel: ‘When you come into the land, to the dwellings which I am giving to you, and you are going to make an offering of fire to Jehovah (such as a burnt offering or a sacrificial animal for making a vow or a freewill offering or an offering made during one of the feast days), this will be a soothing odor to Jehovah. When you take such an animal from the herd or from the flock, the person bringing it before Jehovah will also bring a two pound grain offering which is mixed with a quart of oil, along with a quart of wine for the drink offering. This will be placed over the burnt offering or sacrificial animal, this amount for a single lamb. (Kukis paraphrase)

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Here is how others have translated this passage:

Ancient texts:

Masoretic Text (Hebrew)        Or, for the ram you will do a minchah, flour two-tenths [of an ephah] being mixed in oil, a third of a hin and wine for a drink offering, a third of the hin, to bring near a scent of soothing to Y^ehowah.

Dead Sea Scrolls                   .

Jerusalem targum                  .

Targum (Onkelos)                  .

Targum (Pseudo-Jonathan)   .

Aramaic Targum                    .

The Psalms Targum              .

Updated Douay-Rheims         .

Douay-Rheims 1899 (Amer.) And for every ram there shall be a sacrifice of flour of two tenths, which shall be tempered with the third part of a hin of oil:

And he shall offer the third part the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord.

Aramaic ESV of Peshitta        "'Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a meal offering two tenth parts of an efah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil:

and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a pleasant aroma to Mar-Yah.

Original Aramaic Psalms        .

V. Alexander’s Aramaic T.     .

Plain English Aramaic Bible   .

Lamsa’s Peshitta (Syriac)     .

Samaritan Pentateuch           Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare [for] a meat offering two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third [part] of an hin of oil.

And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third [part] of an hin of wine, [for] a sweet savour unto the LORD.

Updated Brenton (Greek)       And for a ram, when you offer it as a whole burnt offering or as a sacrifice, you shall prepare as a grain offering two tenths of fine flour mingled with oil, the third part of a hin.

And you shall offer for an aroma of sweet savor to the Lord wine for a drink offering, the third part of a hin.

Significant differences: 

Limited Vocabulary Translations:

Bible in Basic English             Or for a male sheep, give as a meal offering two tenth parts of a measure of the best meal mixed with a third part of a hin of oil: 

And for the drink offering give a third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the Lord.

Easy English                          .

Easy-to-Read Version–2008  "If you are giving a ram, you must also prepare a grain offering. This grain offering should be 16 cups of fine flour mixed with 1 1/4 quarts of olive oil. And you must prepare 1 1/4 quarts of wine as a drink offering. Its smell will please the LORD.

God’s Word™                         "With a ram, give a grain offering of 16 cups of flour mixed with 1 1/4 quarts of oil and an offering of 1 1/4 quarts of wine. Offer them as a soothing aroma to the LORD.

Good News Bible (TEV)         When a ram is offered, 4 pounds of flour mixed with 3 pints of olive oil are to be presented as a grain offering, together with 3 pints of wine. The odor of these sacrifices is pleasing to the LORD.

The Message                         .

Names of God Bible               .

NIRV                                      .

New Simplified Bible              .

Thought-for-thought translations; dynamic translations; paraphrases:

Casual English Bible             .

Contemporary English V.       And if the animal is a full-grown ram, you must offer four pounds of flour mixed with one and a half quarts of olive oil. One and a half quarts of wine must also be poured on the altar. The smell of this smoke is pleasing to me.

The Living Bible                     .

New Berkeley Version           .

New Life Version                    .

New Living Translation           .

The Passion Translation        .

Unfolding Bible Simplified      When you offer a ram to be a sacrifice, you must also bring an offering of about three and four-fifths liters of finely ground flour mixed with about one and one-quarter liters of olive oil. And also pour on the altar about one and one-fifth liters of wine. While they are being burned, the smell of it will be very pleasing to me.

Partially literal and partially paraphrased translations:

American English Bible          .

Beck’s American Translation .

Common English Bible           .

New Advent (Knox) Bible       .

Translation for Translators     .

Mostly literal renderings (with some occasional paraphrasing):

Berean Study Bible                .

Christian Standard Bible        .

Conservapedia Translation    .

Revised Ferrar-Fenton Bible  .

God’s Truth (Tyndale)           .

The Heritage Bible                 .

International Standard V        .

H. C. Leupold                         .

Lexham English Bible            Or for the ram you will make a grain offering of two-tenths of finely milled flour mixed into a third of a liquid measure of oil. You will present a third of the liquid measure of wine for the libation, a fragrance of appeasement for Yahweh.

NIV, ©2011                             .

Unfolding Bible Literal Text    .

Urim-Thummim Version         Or for a ram you will prepare for a Grain-Offering 2/10th part of flour [4 quarts] mixed with the 1/3rd part of a hin of oil [1 1/4th quarts]. And for a Drink-Offering you will present 1/3rd part of a hin of wine [2 1/2 pints], for a tranquilizing aroma unto YHWH.

Wikipedia Bible Project          .

Catholic Bibles (those having the imprimatur):

Christian Community (1988)  For a man, he shall make a grain offering of four pounds of fine flour mixed with three pints of oil, and a wine offering of three pints of wine, offering it as a sweet-smelling offer ing for Yahweh.

New American Bible (2011)   .

The Catholic Bible                  .

New Jerusalem Bible             .

NRSV (Anglicized Cath. Ed.) .

Revised English Bible–1989   .

Jewish/Hebrew Names Bibles:

Complete Jewish Bible           .

Eth Cepher Bible                    Or for a ram, you shall prepare for an oblation two tenth deals of flour mingled with the third part of a hin of oil.  And for a drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, for a sweet savor unto Yahuah.

exeGeses companion Bible   .

Hebraic Roots Bible               .

Kaplan Translation                 .

The Scriptures–2009              Or for a ram you prepare as a grain offering two-tenths of an ěphah of fine flour mixed with one-third of a hin of oil, and as a drink offering you bring one-third of a hin of wine as a sweet fragrance to יהוה.

Tree of Life Version                With a ram, you are to prepare two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of oil, and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering. You are to offer it as a pleasing aroma to Adonai.

Weird English, Olde English, Anachronistic English Translations:

Alpha & Omega Bible            .

Awful Scroll Bible                   A ram were yous to prepar for the tribute offering, two tenth parts of fine flour, being mixed with a third of a hin of oil; and for the libation were yous to bring near, a third part of a hin of wine, a soothing aroma to Sustains To Become.

Concordant Literal Version    Or for the ram you shall offer an approach present, two tenths of an ephah of flour mingled with a third of a hin of oil;"

as for wine for a libation you shall bring near a third of a hin, a fragrant odor to Yahweh.

exeGeses companion Bible   Or for a ram,

work an offering - two tenths flour

mixed with the third of a hin of oil:

and for a libation, oblate the third of a hin of wine,

for a scent of rest to Yah Veh.

Orthodox Jewish Bible           Or for a ram, thou shalt prepare for a minchah twotenths ephah of flour mixed with the third part of a hin of shemen.

And for a nesekh thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of yayin, for a re'ach nichoach unto Hashem.

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. Or <with a ram> thou shalt offer a meal-offering, of fine mealˎ two tenths,—overflowed with oilˎ the third of a hin; <wine alsoˎ for a drink offering ˎ the third of a hin> shalt thou bring near as a satisfying odour unto Yahweh.

Expanded/Embellished Bibles:

The Amplified Bible                .

The Expanded Bible              .

International Standard V        “For a ram, prepare a grain offering consisting of two tenths of an ephah [The Heb. lacks of an ephah] of fine flour mixed with one third of a hin of olive oil.

“Now as for your drink offering, offer one third of a hin of wine as a pleasing aroma to the Lord.

Kretzmann’s Commentary    

Lexham English Bible            .

Syndein/Thieme                     .

The Voice                               .

Bible Translations with Many Footnotes:

The Complete Tanach           .

The Geneva Bible                  .

Kaplan Translation                 For a ram, you shall prepare a grain offering of 2/10 [ephah] wheat meal mixed with 1/3 hin oil.

The wine for the libation shall [also] be 1/3 hin, presented as an appeasing fragrance to God.

3/10 ephah

Around 6 quarts.

1/2 hin

Around 2 quarts

NET Bible®                             .

New American Bible (2011)   .

New Catholic Bible                 .

Rotherham’s Emphasized B. .

Updated ASV                         Or for a ram, you shall prepare for a grain offering two tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with the third part of a hin of oil. And for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a restful aroma[76] to Jehovah.

[76] That is, pleasing, appeasing, soothing

Literal, almost word-for-word, renderings:

A Faithful Version                  . savor

C. Thomson Updated OT       .

Charles Thomson OT            But for a ram, when you offer one, for a whole burnt offering, or for a sacrifice, thou shalt offer two tenths of fine flour, made up with the third of an hin of oil, for a sacrifice: and for a libation you shall offer a third of an hin of wine, for a smell of fragrance to the Lord.

Context Group Version          . tribute

English Standard Version      .

Green’s Literal Translation    . food offer

Legacy Standard Bible           .

Literal Standard Version        And he who is bringing his offering near to YHWH has brought a present near of a tenth part of flour mixed with a fourth of the hin of oil; and you prepare a fourth of the hin of wine for a drink-offering, with the burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for one lamb; or for a ram you prepare a present of two-tenth parts of flour mixed with a third of the hin of oil; and you bring a third part of the hin of wine near for a drink-offering—a refreshing fragrance to YHWH. Vv. 4–7 is a single sentence in the LSV.

Modern English Version         .

Modern Literal Version 2020  Or for a ram, you will prepare for a food-offering two tenth parts of a 10-gallon container of fine flour mingled with the third part of a 5-quart container of oil. And for the drink-offering you will offer the third part of a 5-quart container of wine, of a sweet aroma to Jehovah.

New American Standard B.    .

New European Version          .

New King James Version       .

Niobi Study Bible                   .

Owen's Translation                .

Revised Mechanical Trans.    ...Or for the buck you will do a deposit of flour, two-tenths mixed with the oil, a third of the hiyn, and wine for the pouring, a third of the hiyn, you will bring near a sweet aroma to YHWH,...

Updated ASV                         .

Updated Bible Version 2.17   .

A Voice in the Wilderness      .

Webster’s Bible Translation  .

World English Bible                .

Young's Literal Translation     .

Young’s Updated LT             .

The gist of this passage: 

6-7