Numbers 6:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

offer. prepare. See App-43.

atonement. See note on Exodus 29:33.

dead. soul. Hebrew. nephesh (App-13): i.e. the dead person.

hallow his head: i.e. by beginning anew the days of his vow (Numbers 6:9), during which the hair must grow, as in Numbers 6:5. See note on "holy", Exodus 3:5.

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.