Numbers 6:13 (DRB)

Passage

This is the law of consecration. When the days which he had determined by vow shall be expired, he shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant,

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:11 And the priest shall offer one for sin, and the other for a holocaust, and shall pray for him, for that he hath sinned by the dead: and he shall sanctify his head that day:

Numbers 6:12 And shall consecrate to the Lord the days of his separation, offering a lamb of one year for sin: yet so that the former days be made void, because his sanctification was profaned.

Numbers 6:13 This is the law of consecration. When the days which he had determined by vow shall be expired, he shall bring him to the door of the tabernacle of the covenant,

Numbers 6:14 And shall offer his oblation to the Lord: one he lamb of a year old without blemish for a holocaust, and one ewe lamb of a year old without blemish for a sin offering, and one ram without blemish for a victim of peace offering,

Numbers 6:15 A basket also of unleavened bread, tempered with oil, and wafers without leaven anointed with oil, and the libations of each:

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "consecration", "days", "determined", "shall", "expired", "bring", and "door". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "consecration" and "days", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "And shall consecrate to the Lord the..." into verse 14's "And shall offer his oblation to the...", so "consecration" and "days" 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 "consecration" and "days" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.