Numbers 6:17 (LSB)

Passage

He shall also offer with the ram a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, together with the basket of unleavened cakes; the priest shall likewise offer its grain offering and its drink offering.

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:15 and a basket of unleavened cakes of fine flour mixed with oil and unleavened wafers spread with oil, along with their grain offering and their drink offering.

Numbers 6:16 Then the priest shall bring them near before Yahweh and shall offer his sin offering and his burnt offering.

Numbers 6:17 He shall also offer with the ram a sacrifice of peace offerings to Yahweh, together with the basket of unleavened cakes; the priest shall likewise offer its grain offering and its drink offering.

Numbers 6:18 The Nazirite shall then shave the head of hair for his Nazirite vow at the doorway of the tent of meeting and take the hair of his head of his Nazirite vow and put it on the fire which is under the sacrifice of peace offerings.

Numbers 6:19 And the priest shall take the ram’s shoulder when it has been boiled, and one unleavened cake out of the basket and one unleavened wafer, and shall put them on the hands of the Nazirite after he has shaved the hair of his Nazirite vow.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "shall", "offer", "sacrifice", "peace", "offerings", "yahweh", "together", and "basket". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "shall" and "offer", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Then the priest shall bring them near..." into verse 18's "The Nazirite shall then shave the head...", so "shall" and "offer" 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 "offer" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.