Explore the Bible Online

Numbers 6:12

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost, because his separation was defiled.

Numbers 6:12 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Numbers 6:12

Theological / Devotional

Consecrate. Having recovered his cleanness, he was required to begin again the whole period of his Nazirite vow.

A lamb. The Hebrew reads, “He shall bring a male lamb, the son of a year, for a guilt offering.” The word translated “trespass offering” always implies guilt. To make this offering was to acknowledge guilt (cf. Lev. 5:15).

Shall be lost. The days he had already kept his Nazirite vow were canceled by the defilement.

By SdaBc