KJV King James Version
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
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Numbers 6:11
And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And the priest is to offer one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering to make atonement for him, because he has sinned by being in the presence of the dead body. On that day he must consecrate his head again.
WEB World English Bible
The priest shall offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him, because he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall make his head holy that same day.
ASV American Standard Version
and the priest shall offer one for a sin-offering, and the other for a burnt-offering, and make atonement for him, for that he sinned by reason of the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and the priest hath prepared one for a sin-offering, and one for a burnt-offering, and hath made atonement for him, because of that which he hath sinned by the body, and he hath hallowed his head on that day;
Surrounding context — Numbers 6
8 All the days of his separation he [is] holy unto the LORD.
9 And if any man die very suddenly by him, and he hath defiled the head of his consecration; then he shall shave his head in the day of his cleansing, on the seventh day shall he shave it.
10 And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles, or two young pigeons, to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.
12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.
13 And this [is] the law of the Nazarite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation:
14 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,
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וְעָשָׂ֣הH6213 · a.sahto make: doהַכֹּהֵ֗ןH3548 · ko.henpriestאֶחָ֤דH259 · e.chadoneלְחַטָּאת֙H2403 · chat.ta.ahsinוְאֶחָ֣דH259 · e.chadoneלְעֹלָ֔הH5930 · o.lahburnt offeringוְכִפֶּ֣רH3722 · ki.pherto atoneעָלָ֔יוH5921 · aluponמֵאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichחָטָ֖אH2398 · cha.tato sinעַל־H5921 · aluponהַנָּ֑פֶשׁH5315 · ne.pheshsoulוְקִדַּ֥שׁH6942 · qa.dashto consecrate: consecateאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]רֹאשׁ֖וֹH7218 · roshheadבַּיּ֥וֹםH3117 · yomdayהַהֽוּא׃H1931 · huhe/she/it
Cross-references
Leviticus 14:30-31And he shall offer the one of the turtledoves, or of the young pigeons, such as he can get;Leviticus 5:8-10And he shall bring them unto the priest, who shall offer [that] which [is] for the sin offering first, and wring off his head from his neck, but shall not divide [it] asunder:
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