Numbers 6:16 (YLT)

Passage

`And the priest hath brought <FI>them<Fi> near before Jehovah, and hath made his sin-offering and his burnt-offering;

Nearby Context

Numbers 6:14 and he hath brought near his offering to Jehovah, one he-lamb, a son of a year, a perfect one, for a burnt-offering, and one she-lamb, a daughter of a year, a perfect one, for a sin-offering, and one ram, a perfect one, for peace-offerings,

Numbers 6:15 and a basket of unleavened things of flour, cakes mixed with oil, and thin cakes of unleavened things anointed with oil, and their present, and their libations.

Numbers 6:16 `And the priest hath brought <FI>them<Fi> near before Jehovah, and hath made his sin-offering and his burnt-offering;

Numbers 6:17 and the ram he maketh a sacrifice of peace-offerings to Jehovah, besides the basket of unleavened things; and the priest hath made its present and its libation.

Numbers 6:18 `And the Nazarite hath shaved (at the opening of the tent of meeting) the head of his separation, and hath taken the hair of the head of his separation, and hath put <FI>it<Fi> on the fire which <FI>is<Fi> under the sacrifice of the peace-offerings.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "priest", "hath", "brought", "near", "before", "jehovah", and "sin-offering". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "priest" and "hath", 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 things of..." into verse 17's "and the ram he maketh a sacrifice...", so "priest" and "hath" 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 "hath" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.