Numbers 6:16 (ASV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

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.

Numbers 6:18 And the Nazirite shall shave the head of his separation at the door of the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his separation, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace-offerings.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "priest", "shall", "present", "before", "jehovah", "offer", and "sin-offering". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "priest" and "shall", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 15's "and a basket of unleavened bread cakes..." into verse 17's "and he shall offer the ram for...", so "priest" and "shall" 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 "priest" and "shall" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.