Numbers 6:16 (DBY)

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 present his offering to Jehovah, one yearling he-lamb without blemish for a burnt-offering, and one yearling ewe-lamb without blemish for a sin-offering, and one ram without blemish for a peace-offering;

Numbers 6:15 and a basket with unleavened bread, cakes of fine flour mingled with oil, and unleavened wafers anointed with oil, and their oblation, 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, a sacrifice of peace-offering to Jehovah, with the basket of unleavened bread; the priest shall offer also his oblation and his drink-offering.

Numbers 6:18 And the Nazarite shall shave the head of his consecration at the entrance to the tent of meeting, and shall take the hair of the head of his consecration, and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of the peace-offering.

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 with unleavened bread cakes..." into verse 17's "and he shall offer the ram a...", 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.