The ordinance concerning oil, the bath of oil, is one-tenth of a bath from a kor. A kor is a homer or ten baths, for ten baths are a homer.
Parallel translations
- WEB and the set portion of oil, of the bath of oil, one tenth of a bath out of the cor, which is ten baths, even a homer; (for ten baths are a homer;)
- KJV Concerning the ordinance of oil, the bath of oil, ye shall offer the tenth part of a bath out of the cor, which is an homer of ten baths; for ten baths are an homer:
- BSB The prescribed portion of oil, measured by the bath, is a tenth of a bath from each cor (a cor consists of ten baths or one homer, since ten baths are equivalent to a homer).
- NASB and the prescribed portion of oil (namely, the bath of oil), a tenth of a bath from each kor (which is ten baths or a homer, for ten baths are a homer);
- NLT one percent of your olive oil,
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Quick answer
A fixed portion of oil is likewise prescribed as an offering.
Overview
As with grain, a measured share of olive oil is to be contributed for the worship system. Oil, used in offerings and for light, represents the people's provision returned to God. The careful proportions teach that worship and provision for ministry are to be ordered and faithful, not haphazard.
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