Numbers 6:15 (ASV)

Passage

and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:13 And this is the law of the Nazirite, when the days of his separation are fulfilled: he shall be brought unto the door of the tent of meeting:

Numbers 6:14 and he shall offer his oblation unto Jehovah, one he-lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one ewe-lamb a year old without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for peace-offerings,

Numbers 6:15 and a basket of unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their meal-offering, and their drink-offerings.

Numbers 6:16 And the priest shall present them before Jehovah, and shall offer his sin-offering, and his burnt-offering:

Numbers 6:17 and he shall offer the ram for a sacrifice of peace-offerings unto Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread: the priest shall offer also the meal-offering thereof, and the drink-offering thereof.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "basket", "unleavened", "bread", "cakes", "fine", "flour", and "mingled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "basket" and "unleavened", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 14's "and he shall offer his oblation unto..." into verse 16's "And the priest shall present them before...", so "basket" and "unleavened" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "basket" and "unleavened" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.