Numbers 15:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Numbers 15:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Numbers 15:21 is a verse from the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Numbers 15:21 — KJV
“Of the first of your dough ye shall give unto the LORD an heave offering in your generations.”
— Numbers 15:21 (KJV)
Numbers 15:21 in Context — About the Book of Numbers
Numbers follows Israel through forty years of wilderness — a journey that should have taken eleven days. It is an honest record of grumbling, unbelief, and consequence, but also of God's patient provision: manna, water, guidance by cloud and fire, and the famous priestly blessing.
Cross-References for Numbers 15:21
“And the LORD spake unto Aaron, Behold, I also have given thee the charge of mine heave offerings of all the hallowed things of the children of Israel; unto thee have I given them by reason of the anointing, and to thy sons, by an ordinance for ever.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 15:21: give, lord, heave
“All the heave offerings of the holy things, which the children of Israel offer unto the LORD, have I given thee, and thy sons and thy daughters with thee, by a statute for ever: it is a covenant of salt for ever before the LORD unto thee and to thy seed with thee.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 15:21: give, lord, heave
“But the tithes of the children of Israel, which they offer as an heave offering unto the LORD, I have given to the Levites to inherit: therefore I have said unto them, Among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 15:21: give, lord, heave
“Thus speak unto the Levites, and say unto them, When ye take of the children of Israel the tithes which I have given you from them for your inheritance, then ye shall offer up an heave offering of it for the LORD, even a tenth part of the tithe.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 15:21: give, lord, heave
“Thus ye also shall offer an heave offering unto the LORD of all your tithes, which ye receive of the children of Israel; and ye shall give thereof the LORD'S heave offering to Aaron the priest.”
Shares key themes with Numbers 15:21: give, lord, heave
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