Numbers 15:6

6 With a ram you are to prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah ^[a] of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil, ^[b]

Numbers 15:6 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:6

Or for a ram
Whether for a burnt offering or a peace offering; or rather and for a ram ^F7, as many versions:

thou shalt prepare [for] a meat offering two tenth deals of flour
mingled with the third [part] of an hin of oil:
which was the quantity of six quarts of fine flour, and about three pints and a quarter of a pint of oil.

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FOOTNOTES:

F7 Vid. Nold. Concord. Ebr. part. p. 4. No. 24. so R. Jonah in Ben Melech in loc.

Numbers 15:6 In-Context

4 then the one presenting his offering to the LORD shall also present a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a quarter hin of olive oil.

5 With the burnt offering or sacrifice of each lamb, you are to prepare a quarter hin of wine as a drink offering.

6 With a ram you are to prepare a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of fine flour mixed with a third of a hin of olive oil,

7 and a third of a hin of wine as a drink offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.

8 When you prepare a young bull as a burnt offering or sacrifice to fulfill a vow or as a peace offering to the LORD,

Footnotes

• [a] Two-tenths of an ephah is approximately 4 dry quarts or 4.4 liters (probably about 5.1 pounds or 2.3 kilograms of flour).
• [b] Or a third of a hin of oil; that is, approximately 1.3 quarts or 1.2 liters; similarly in verse 7