Numbers 6:11,12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Bible Comments

A sin-offering Because such a pollution was, though not his sin, yet the chastisement of his sin. He sinned by the dead That is, contracted a ceremonial uncleanness, which is called sinning, because it was a type of sin, and a violation of a law, though through ignorance and inadvertency. Hallow his head Begin again to hallow or consecrate it.

The days of his separation As many days as he had before vowed to God. Lost Hebrew, fall to the ground; that is, be void, or of none effect.

Numbers 6:11-12

11 And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his head that same day.

12 And he shall consecrate unto the LORD the days of his separation, and shall bring a lamb of the first year for a trespass offering: but the days that were before shall be lost,d because his separation was defiled.