Numbers 6:17 (GNV)

Passage

He shall prepare also the ram for a peace offring vnto the Lord, with the basket of vnleauened bread, and the Priest shall make his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:15 And a basket of vnleauened bread, of cakes of fine floure, mingled with oyle, and wafers of vnleauened bread anointed with oile, with their meate offring, and their drinke offrings:

Numbers 6:16 The which the Priest shall bring before the Lord, and make his sinne offering and his burnt offering.

Numbers 6:17 He shall prepare also the ram for a peace offring vnto the Lord, with the basket of vnleauened bread, and the Priest shall make his meate offring, and his drinke offring.

Numbers 6:18 And the Nazarite shall shaue the head of his consecration at the doore of the Tabernacle of the Congregation, and shall take the heare of the head of his consecration, and put it in the fire, which is vnder the peace offring.

Numbers 6:19 Then the Priest shall take ye sodden shoulder of the ramme, and an vnleauened cake out of the basket, and a wafer vnleauened, and put them vpon the hands of the Nazarite, after he hath shauen his consecration.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "prepare", "peace", "offring", "vnto", "lord", "basket", and "vnleauened". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "prepare", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "The which the Priest shall bring before..." into verse 18's "And the Nazarite shall shaue the head...", so "shall" and "prepare" 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 "shall" and "prepare" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.