And thou shalt bring for a drink offering half an hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a sweet savour unto the LORD.
Parallel translations
- WEB and you shall offer for the drink offering half a hin of wine, for an offering made by fire, of a pleasant aroma to Yahweh.
- BSB Also present half a hin of wine as a drink offering. It is an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
- NKJV and you shall bring as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering made by fire, a sweet aroma to the Lord.
- NASB and you shall offer as the drink offering half a hin of wine as an offering by fire, as a soothing aroma to the Lord.
- NLT and give two quarts of wine as a liquid offering. This will be a special gift, a pleasing aroma to the Lord.
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Quick answer
A large drink offering of wine completed the bull's sacrifice as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. The offering was meant to delight God fully.
Overview
The bull's offering concluded with the largest drink offering of wine, again described as a pleasant aroma to the LORD. The poured-out wine crowned the most substantial of sacrifices with joyful dedication. All these offerings anticipate Christ, whose poured-out life is the offering that fully pleases God.
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Cross-references · 2
- Num 15:5And the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering shalt thou prepare with the burnt offering or sacrifice, for one lamb.
- Num 6:15And 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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