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Numbers 7:11

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And the LORD said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah said unto Moses, They shall offer their oblation, each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar.

KJV

And the Lord said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.

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This verse in Numbers 7

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They shall offer . . . each prince on his day, &c.--Eastern princes were accustomed anciently, as they are in Persia still on a certain yearly festival, to sit upon their thrones in great state, when the princes and nobles, from all parts of their dominions, appear before them with tributary presents, which form a large proportion of their royal revenue.

This site's exposition

the princes offered for dedicating of the altar

on Numbers 7:10-11

Twelve identical offerings could have been brought in one morning, and God orders them spread over twelve days, each prince on his day. The pacing gives every tribe a day of its own for the same gift. What is being dedicated is one altar, and it takes twelve days to dedicate it.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Judah, of which tribe Christ came, first, and then the rest; thus, in the dedication of souls to God, every man is presented in his own order, Christ the first-fruits, 1 Cor. xv. Some observe that Nahshon is the only one that is not expressly called a prince (

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

The leaders brought forward the [offerings for] the consecration of the altar on the day it was anointed.
Targum · Onkelos Numbers 7:10, via Sefaria, Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009 [with Onkelos translation]

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֥אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • מֹשֶׁ֑הMoses

    moshehH4872 →765 times

  • נָשִׂ֨יאa leader

    nasi'H5387 →134 times

  • אֶחָ֜דone

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • לַיּ֗וֹםfor the day

    laiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • נָשִׂ֤יאa leader

    nasi'H5387 →134 times

  • אֶחָד֙one

    ʾechadH259 →971 times

  • לַיּ֔וֹםfor the day

    laiyomH3117 →2304 times

  • יַקְרִ֙יבוּ֙they will bring near

    yakrivuH7126 →280 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • קָרְבָּנָ֔םoffering their

    karebanamH7133 →82 times

  • לַחֲנֻכַּ֖תfor [the] dedication of

    lachanukatH2598 →7 times

  • הַמִּזְבֵּֽחַ׃ סthe altar

    hamizbeachH4196 →401 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

3 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 14:33

    For God is not a God of disorder, but of peace—as in all the churches of the saints.

    it leads to

    • James 3:17–18

      But the wisdom from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, accommodating, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial, and sincere.

    • 1 Corinthians 14:40

      But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

    • 2 Thessalonians 3:16

      Now may the Lord of peace Himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with all of you.

    • Galatians 5:22

      But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,

    • 1 Corinthians 11:16

      If anyone is inclined to dispute this, we have no other practice, nor do the churches of God.

  • Through

    1 Corinthians 14:40

    But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 2:5

      For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.

    • Titus 1:5

      The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.

    • 1 Corinthians 14:26–33

      What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the…

About Numbers

The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Bronze Serpent, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Numbers: the study guide →Read Numbers 7 →

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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