On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Parallel translations
- WEB On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
- KJV 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:
- NKJV Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the tabernacle of meeting;
- NASB Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young doves to the priest, to the entrance of the tent of meeting.
- NLT On the eighth day they must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the Tabernacle.
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Quick answer
On the eighth day the defiled Nazirite brings two birds to the priest for sacrifice.
Overview
The prescribed offerings of turtledoves or pigeons provided an accessible means of restoration after defilement. The eighth-day timing echoes other cleansing rites in the Law marking a fresh beginning. God graciously makes provision so that a broken vow can be cleansed and renewed.
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- Lev 15:29On the eighth day she is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons and bring them to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
- Lev 1:14If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
- Lev 15:14On the eighth day he is to take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, come before the LORD at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting, and give them to the priest.
- John 2:1–2On the third day a wedding took place at Cana in Galilee. Jesus’ mother was there,
- Lev 14:31one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering, together with the grain offering. In this way the priest will make atonement before the LORD for the one to be cleansed.
- Lev 5:7–10If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
- Lev 14:22–23and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
- Lev 12:6When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
- Lev 9:1–21On the eighth day Moses summoned Aaron and his sons and the elders of Israel.
- Rom 4:25He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
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