Keluaran 29:40

29:40 With the first lamb offer a tenth of an ephah ¹  of fine flour mixed with a fourth of a hin ²  of oil from pressed olives, and a fourth of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

Imamat 23:13

23:13 along with its grain offering, two tenths of an ephah of ³  choice wheat flour ⁴  mixed with olive oil, as a gift to the Lord, a soothing aroma, ⁵  and its drink offering, one fourth of a hin of wine. ⁶ 

Bilangan 6:15

6:15 and a basket of bread made without yeast, cakes of fine flour mixed with olive oil, wafers made without yeast and smeared with olive oil, and their ⁷  grain offering and their drink offerings. ⁸ 

Bilangan 6:17

6:17 Then he must offer the ram as a peace offering ⁹  to the Lord, with the basket of bread made without yeast; the priest must also offer his grain offering and his drink offering.

[29:40]  ¹ tn The phrase “of an ephah” has been supplied for clarity (cf. Num 28:5). The ephah was a commonly used dry measure whose capacity is now uncertain: “Quotations given for the ephah vary from ca. 45 to 20 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 2:340-41).

[29:40]  ² tn “Hin” is a transliterated Hebrew word that seems to have an Egyptian derivation. The amount of liquid measured by a hin is uncertain: “Its presumed capacity varies from about 3,5 liters to 7,5 liters” (C. Houtman, Exodus, 3:550).

[23:13]  ³ sn See the note on Lev 5:11.

[23:13]  ⁴ sn See the note on Lev 2:1.

[23:13]  ⁵ sn See the note on Lev 1:9.

[23:13]  ⁶ tn Heb “wine, one fourth of the hin.” A pre-exilic hin is about 3.6 liters (= ca. 1 quart), so one fourth of a hin would be about one cup.

[6:15]  ⁷ tn The suffixes in the MT are plural in this verse, whereas in v. 17 they are singular. This seems to be a matter of stylistic choice, referring to whomever may be taking the vow.

[6:15]  ⁸ sn The offerings for the termination of the Nazirite vow would not have been inexpensive. This indicates that the person making the short term vow may have had income, or have come from a wealthier section of society. Short term vows had to be considered carefully as this ruling required a good amount of food to be brought.

[6:17]  ⁹ tn The “peace offering” is usually written as “a sacrifice of peace” (זֶבַח שְׁלָמִים, zevakh shÿlamim). The word “sacrifice” is related to the word “to slaughter,” and so indicates that this is a bloody offering in celebration of peace with God.