Numbers 7:48
in Numbers 7On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim:
KJV
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
5 notes on this verseOn the seventh day - Both Jewish and Christian writers have been surprised that this work of offering went forward on the seventh day, which they suppose to have been a Sabbath, as well as on the other days. But 1. There is no absolute proof that this seventh day of offering was a Sabbath. 2. Were it even so, could the people be better employed than in thus consecrating themselves and their services to the Lord?
This site's exposition
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud
on Numbers 7:48-65
Days seven to nine are Ephraim, Manasseh and Benjamin, the west standard of Numbers 2:18-24, and all three descend from Rachel. Ephraim goes before Manasseh here, as Jacob set it with crossed hands at Genesis 48:14-20. Same charger, same bowl, same spoon.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered. See Num 1:10.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
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.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
On the seventh day--Surprise has been expressed by some that this work of presentation was continued on the Sabbath. But assuming that the seventh day referred to was a Sabbath (which is uncertain), the work was of a directly religious character, and perfectly in accordance with the design of the sacred day.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בַּיּוֹם֙ | baiyom | on the day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י | hashevii | <the> seventh | H7637 → | 98 times |
| נָשִׂ֖יא | nasi' | [the] leader | H5387 → | 134 times |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | livnei | of [the] descendants of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶפְרָ֑יִם | ʾefrayim | Ephraim | H669 → | 180 times |
| אֱלִֽישָׁמָ֖ע | ʾelishama' | Elishama | H476 → | 17 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| עַמִּיהֽוּד׃ | ʾamihud | Ammihud | H5989 → | 10 times |
בַּיּוֹם֙on the day
baiyomH3117 →2304 times
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י<the> seventh
hasheviiH7637 →98 times
נָשִׂ֖יא[the] leader
nasi'H5387 →134 times
לִבְנֵ֣יof [the] descendants of
livneiH1121 →4930 times
אֶפְרָ֑יִםEphraim
ʾefrayimH669 →180 times
אֱלִֽישָׁמָ֖עElishama
ʾelishama'H476 →17 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
עַמִּיהֽוּד׃Ammihud
ʾamihudH5989 →10 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
Numbers 2:18On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
it leads to
- Numbers 1:10
from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
- Numbers 10:22
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
- Genesis 48:14–20
But Israel stretched out his right hand and put it on the head of Ephraim, the younger; and crossing his hands, he put his left on Manasseh’s head, although Manasseh was the firstborn.
- Numbers 7:53
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.
- Numbers 1:10
Through
Numbers 1:10from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
it leads to
- Numbers 7:54
On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, the leader of the Manassites, drew near.
- Numbers 10:22–23
Next, the divisions of the camp of Ephraim set out under their standard, with Elishama son of Ammihud in command.
- Numbers 2:18
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
- Numbers 2:20
The tribe of Manasseh will be next to it. The leader of the Manassites is Gamaliel son of Pedahzur,
- Numbers 7:54
About Numbers
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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) and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.