Numbers 6:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And the priest shall offer... — The word which is here rendered “offer” (asah), like the Greek poiein, means literally “do.” Its sacrificial signification, however, in this place, is entirely dependent upon the context.

By the dead.i.e., by reason of, or on account of the dead body with which he had been brought in contact.

Numbers 6:11

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.