King James Version
Numbers 15:21 in the King James Version says “Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.”
Numbers 15:21 · KJV
Then it shall be, that, when ye eat of the bread of the land, ye shall offer up an heave offering unto the LORD.
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.
Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.
And if ye have erred, and not observed all these commandments, which the LORD hath spoken unto Moses,
Even all that the LORD hath commanded you by the hand of Moses, from the day that the LORD commanded Moses, and henceforward among your generations;
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Of the first”
H7225the first, in place, time, order or rank (specifically, a firstfruit)
“ye shall give”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“unto the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“an heave offering”
H8641a present (as offered up), especially in sacrifice or as tribute
“in your generations”
H1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e., an age or generation; also a dwelling
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