New American Standard Bible 1995

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The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him concerning his sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall consecrate his head,

Lexicon

Verse part Definition: Part of speech: Strong's: Hebrew: Transliteration:
The priest priest Noun H3548 הַכֹּהֵ֗ן hak·ko·hen
shall offer do, make Verb H6213 וְעָשָׂ֣ה ve·'a·sah
one one Adjective H259 אֶחָ֤ד e·chad
Analysis:

One: God

Refers to HaShem (God), Who is One. This number can also refer to unity. The first place the number "one" occurs is in Genesis 1:5. There one reads, "And there was an evening and there was a morning— one day". Later on in this same book of Genesis, it is stated concerning the man and his wife, "And they became one flesh" (Genesis 2:24). It is very significant that in both of these examples there was a multiplicity for the subject. In the first example, the evening and the morning became one day and in the second example, it was Adam and Eve who became one flesh.

One of the most famous passages in the Torah concerning HaShem is Deuteronomy 6:4 which states, "Hear O Israel the Lord your God the Lord is One." The question that a person must ask himself is what is the connection between the use of the Hebrew word אחד "one" which identifies a multiplicity being one and the fact that the Lord God of Israel is One? The answer is that the Hebrew word אחד can relate to the concept for one as in "unification". There is another Hebrew word that would have been possible to be used if the author wanted to refer to an absolute oneness or singleness. This is the Hebrew word יחיד. In fact, there is a well-known prayer in Judaism which states, "אחד ואין יחיד כיחודו". This phrase should be translated as, "(God is) One and there is no singularity as His singularity." The idea that is being expressed in this prayer is that the Lord God of Israel is One; but not an absolute One; rather there is a uniqueness and a complexity to His Oneness.

The number one is frequently employed to express in the Scriptures one object, such as one man or one tabernacle. This usage would be the simple or common purpose that the number one or for that matter any number, would appear in a Biblical text. Often the appearance of a number does not contain any of the significance that Hebrew numerology might offer. Therefore, the reader must always consider when coming across a verse which contains a number, that the number only expresses an amount and no additional significance. 

Because the number one is often associated with God, there is a unique phenomenon in the Scriptures concerning this number. Sometimes the number one is employed to express a unique relationship that the object has to HaShem. For example,

"And it will be one day, it will be known to HaShem..." Zechariah 14:7

In the text above, Zechariah could have stated simply, "And it will be a day…" The fact that the prophet said "one day" is to convey that this day is uniquely related to God. Similarly, it is stated by the prophet Ezekiel in chapter 37, "one King", "one nation" and "one Shepherd" (see Ezekiel 37:22, 24). Each of these objects—King, nation and Shepherd—has a connection to HaShem. The King and Shepherd is Messiah Yeshua, the Son of God and the one nation is Israel, the people of God.

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for a sin offering sin, sin offering Noun H2403 לְחַטָּאת֙ le·chat·tat
and [the] other one Adjective H259 וְאֶחָ֣ד ve·'e·chad
for a burnt offering, whole burnt offering Noun H5930 לְעֹלָ֔ה le·'o·lah,
and make atonement to cover over, pacify, make propitiation Verb H3722 וְכִפֶּ֣ר ve·chip·per
for him concerning from H4480    
his sin to miss, go wrong, sin Verb H2398 חָטָ֖א cha·ta
because upon, above, over Prepostion H5921 עָלָ֔יו a·lav,
of the [dead] person. a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion Noun H5315 הַנָּ֑פֶשׁ han·na·fesh;
And that same he, she, it Pronoun H1931 הַהֽוּא׃ ha·hu.
day day Noun H3117 בַּיֹּ֥ום bai·yo·vm
he shall consecrate to be set apart or consecrated Verb H6942 וְקִדַּ֥שׁ ve·kid·dash
his head, head Noun H7218 רֹאשֹׁ֖ו ro·shov

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New American Standard Bible 1995 The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him concerning his sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall consecrate his head,
King James Bible The And the priest shall offer the one for a sin offering offering, and the other for a burnt offering, and make an atonement for him concerning him, for that he sinned by the dead, and shall hallow his sin because of the dead person. And head that same day he shall consecrate his head,day.
Hebrew Greek English The priest shall offer one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering, and make atonement for him concerning his sin because of the dead person. And that same day he shall consecrate his head,