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Numbers 15:20

King James Version (KJV)

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Ye shall offer up a cake of the first of your dough [for] an heave offering: as [ye do] the heave offering of the threshingfloor, so shall ye heave it.

Numbers 15:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 15:20

Theological / Devotional

A cake. This was not placed upon the altar, but was given to the priests, who were allotted all heave offerings (ch. 18:8). They were called “heave offerings” because they were lifted up in presentation to the Lord as the Creator and Giver of all good things.

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