Numbers 15:21

21 You must bring the offering to the Lord. You must give it from the first grain you grind. You must do it for all time to come.

Numbers 15:21 Meaning and Commentary

Numbers 15:21

Of the first of your dough shall ye give unto the Lord
As an acknowledgment of his being the sovereign Lord and possessor of heaven and earth, and of his being the owner and proprietor of the land of Canaan; and by way of thankfulness to him for the plenty of bread corn he had given them; and wherefore this cake was to he heaved or lifted up towards him in heaven, as follows:

an heave offering in your generations:
for this respected not only the first time of their entrance into the land of Canaan, but was to be observed every year when they made their first dough, and was to continue as long as the ceremonial law lasted: this cake was anciently given to the priest, which is meant by giving it to the Lord, but now the Jews take it and cast it into the fire and burn it ^F19 the apostle seems to allude to this cake of the first dough in ( Romans 11:16 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 Buxtorf. ut supra, (Synagog. Jud. c. 34. p. 602.) & Leo Modena, History of the present Jews, par. 2. c. 9.

Numbers 15:21 In-Context

19 You will eat its food. When you do, bring part of it as an offering to the Lord.

20 Bring a loaf that is made from the first flour you grind. Give it as an offering from the threshing floor.

21 You must bring the offering to the Lord. You must give it from the first grain you grind. You must do it for all time to come.

22 " 'Suppose you fail to keep any of the commands the LORD gave Moses. And suppose you do it without meaning to.

23 That applies to any of the commands the LORD told Moses to give you. And they are in effect from the day the LORD gave them and for all time to come.