KJV King James Version
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.
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Numbers 6:12
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He must rededicate his time of separation to the LORD and bring a year-old male lamb as a guilt offering. But the preceding days shall not be counted, because his separation was defiled.
WEB World English Bible
He shall separate to Yahweh the days of his separation, and shall bring a male lamb a year old for a trespass offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
ASV American Standard Version
And he shall separate unto Jehovah the days of his separation, and shall bring a he-lamb a year old for a trespass-offering; but the former days shall be void, because his separation was defiled.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he hath separated to Jehovah the days of his separation, and he hath brought in a lamb, a son of a year, for a guilt-offering, and the former days are fallen, for his separation hath been defiled.
Surrounding context — Numbers 6
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,
15 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.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְהִזִּ֤ירH5144 · na.zarto dedicateלַֽיהוָה֙H3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]יְמֵ֣יH3117 · yomdayנִזְר֔וֹH5145 · ne.zerconsecration: Nazirite vowוְהֵבִ֛יאH935 · boto come (in): comeכֶּ֥בֶשׂH3532 · ke.ve.slambבֶּן־H1121 · benson: childשְׁנָת֖וֹH8141 · sha.nehyearלְאָשָׁ֑םH817 · a.shamguilt (offering)וְהַיָּמִ֤יםH3117 · yomdayהָרִאשֹׁנִים֙H7223 · ri.shonfirstיִפְּל֔וּH5307 · na.phalto fall: fallכִּ֥יH3588 · kiforטָמֵ֖אH2930 · ta.meto defileנִזְרֽוֹ׃H5145 · ne.zerconsecration: Nazirite vow
Cross-references
Leviticus 5:6And he shall bring his trespass offering unto the LORD for his sin which he hath sinned, a female from the flock, a lamb or a kid of the goats, for a sin offering; and the priest shall make an atonement for him concerning his sin.Matthew 3:15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.John 8:29-31And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.Matthew 24:13But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.Ezekiel 18:24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, [and] doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked [man] doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.Leviticus 14:24And the priest shall take the lamb of the trespass offering, and the log of oil, and the priest shall wave them [for] a wave offering before the LORD:James 2:10For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one [point], he is guilty of all.2 John 1:8Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.
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