King James Version
Numbers 6:16 in the King James Version says “And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:” — study this verse from Numbers chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:”
Numbers 6:16 · KJV
And he shall offer his offering unto the LORD, one he lamb of the first year without blemish for a burnt offering, and one ewe lamb of the first year without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for peace offerings,
And a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and wafers of unleavened bread anointed with oil, and their meat offering, and their drink offerings.
And the priest shall bring them before the LORD, and shall offer his sin offering, and his burnt offering:
And he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace offerings unto the LORD, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also his meat offering, and his drink offering.
And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it in the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace offerings.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And the priest”
H3548literally one officiating, a priest; also (by courtesy) an acting priest (although a layman)
“them before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“his sin offering”
H2403an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and his burnt offering”
H5930a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
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