Numbers - 15:7



7 and for the drink offering you shall offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 15:7.

Differing Translations

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And for a drink offering thou shalt offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet savour unto the LORD.
and for the drink-offering thou shalt offer the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savor unto Jehovah.
And he shall offer the third part of the same measure of wine for the libation, for a sweet savour to the Lord.
and of wine for a drink-offering shalt thou offer the third part of a hin; for a sweet odour to Jehovah.
and wine for a libation, a third part of the hin, thou dost bring near, a sweet fragrance to Jehovah.
And for a drink offering you shall offer the third part of an hin of wine, for a sweet smell to the LORD.
and for the drink-offering thou shalt present the third part of a hin of wine, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
And he shall offer the same measure, one third part of wine, for the libation, as a sweet odor to the Lord.
Et vini pro libamine tertiam partem hin offeretis in odorem quietis Jehovah.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And for a (c) drink offering thou shalt offer the third [part] of an hin of wine, [for] a sweet savour unto the LORD.
(c) The liquor was so called, because it was poured on the thing that was offered.

And for a drink offering thou shalt offer a third part of an hin of wine,.... The same quantity of wine was to be used in the drink offering as of oil in the meat offering, Numbers 15:4,
for a sweet savour unto the Lord, that it might be acceptable to him.

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