Numbers 7:23
in Numbers 7and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
KJV
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar
on Numbers 7:18-29
Issachar and Zebulun follow, which completes the east standard of Numbers 2:3-9. Nothing changes between the days except the name of the prince and the name of the tribe. The writer could have said that the other eleven did likewise and he declines to.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,.... See Gill on Num 7:17. Nethaneel the son of Zuar; see Num 1:8.
Observe here, How God wisely and graciously ordered the most strength to those that had the most work. Each had wagons according to their service. Whatever burden God in his providence lays upon us, he will by his sufficient grace proportion the strength to it, 1 Cor. x.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
But while this was done in one respect, as subjects offering tribute to their king, it was in another respect, a purely religious act. The vessels offered were for a sacrificial use--the animals brought were clean and fit for sacrifice, both symbolically denoting, that while God was to dwell among them as their Sovereign, they were a holy people, who by this offering dedicated themselves to God.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְזֶ֣בַח | ulezevach | and to [the] sacrifice of | H2077 → | 162 times |
| הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ | hashelamim | the peace offerings | H8002 → | 87 times |
| בָּקָ֣ר | bakar | ox[en] | H1241 → | 183 times |
| שְׁנַיִם֒ | shenayim | two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| אֵילִ֤ם | ʾeilim | rams | H352 → | 187 times |
| חֲמִשָּׁה֙ | chamishah | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| עַתּוּדִ֣ים | ʾatudim | goats | H6260 → | 29 times |
| חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה | chamishah | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| כְּבָשִׂ֥ים | kevasim | lambs | H3532 → | 107 times |
| בְּנֵי־ | benei- | sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שָׁנָ֖ה | shanah | a year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה | chamishah | five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| זֶ֛ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| קָרְבַּ֥ן | kareban | [was] [the] offering of | H7133 → | 82 times |
| נְתַנְאֵ֖ל | netanel | Nethanel | H5417 → | 14 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| צוּעָֽר׃ פ | tzuar | Zuar | H6686 → | 5 times |
וּלְזֶ֣בַחand to [the] sacrifice of
ulezevachH2077 →162 times
הַשְּׁלָמִים֮the peace offerings
hashelamimH8002 →87 times
בָּקָ֣רox[en]
bakarH1241 →183 times
שְׁנַיִם֒two
shenayimH8147 →768 times
אֵילִ֤םrams
ʾeilimH352 →187 times
חֲמִשָּׁה֙five
chamishahH2568 →343 times
עַתּוּדִ֣יםgoats
ʾatudimH6260 →29 times
חֲמִשָּׁ֔הfive
chamishahH2568 →343 times
כְּבָשִׂ֥יםlambs
kevasimH3532 →107 times
בְּנֵי־sons of
benei-H1121 →4930 times
שָׁנָ֖הa year
shanahH8141 →877 times
חֲמִשָּׁ֑הfive
chamishahH2568 →343 times
זֶ֛הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
קָרְבַּ֥ן[was] [the] offering of
karebanH7133 →82 times
נְתַנְאֵ֖לNethanel
netanelH5417 →14 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
צוּעָֽר׃ פZuar
tzuarH6686 →5 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Colossians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all the saints throughout Achaia:
- Philemon 1:1
Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker,
- 1 Corinthians 1:1
Paul, called to be an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and our brother Sosthenes,
- Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
- Romans 1:1
Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle, and set apart for the gospel of God—
- 2 Corinthians 1:1
Through
1 Kings 8:63And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
it leads to
- Ezra 6:16–17
Then the people of Israel—the priests, the Levites, and the rest of the exiles—celebrated the dedication of the house of God with joy.
- Ezra 6:16–17
Through
Proverbs 7:14“I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
it leads to
- Proverbs 21:27
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent!
- Leviticus 7:11
Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- Proverbs 21:27
About Numbers

This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; 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.
