Numbers 7:27
in Numbers 7one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
KJV
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
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This verse in Numbers 7
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
On the second day Nethanel 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.
This site's exposition
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering
Matthew Henry reads the daily sacrifices as the leaders' thankful acceptance of the laws of offering that God had just given through Moses. Each tribe took up those laws in its own name. Zebulun's bull, ram and lamb make nine burnt animals in three days.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering. See Gill on Num 7:15.
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
11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| פַּ֣ר | par | a young bull | H6499 → | 132 times |
| אֶחָ֞ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | a young one of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| בָּקָ֗ר | bakar | cattle | H1241 → | 183 times |
| אַ֧יִל | ʾayil | a ram | H352 → | 187 times |
| אֶחָ֛ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| כֶּֽבֶשׂ־ | keves- | a lamb | H3532 → | 107 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁנָת֖וֹ | shenato | year its | H8141 → | 877 times |
| לְעֹלָֽה׃ | leolah | to a burnt offering | H5930 → | 287 times |
פַּ֣רa young bull
parH6499 →132 times
אֶחָ֞דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
בֶּן־a young one of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
בָּקָ֗רcattle
bakarH1241 →183 times
אַ֧יִלa ram
ʾayilH352 →187 times
אֶחָ֛דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
כֶּֽבֶשׂ־a lamb
keves-H3532 →107 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁנָת֖וֹyear its
shenatoH8141 →877 times
לְעֹלָֽה׃to a burnt offering
leolahH5930 →287 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
Isaiah 1:11“What good to Me is your multitude of sacrifices?” says the LORD. “I am full from the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed cattle; I take no delight in the blood…
it leads to
- 1 Samuel 15:22
But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of…
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 66:3
Whoever slaughters an ox is like one who slays a man; whoever sacrifices a lamb is like one who breaks a dog’s neck; whoever presents a grain offering is like one who offers pig’s…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Amos 5:21
“I hate, I despise your feasts! I cannot stand the stench of your solemn assemblies.
- Jeremiah 6:20
What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
- Micah 6:7
Would the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- 1 Samuel 15:22
Through
Psalms 51:16For You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it; You take no pleasure in burnt offerings.
it leads to
- Hosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 40:6
Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but my ears You have opened. Burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not require.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 10:5–6
Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
- Hosea 6:6
Where this verse is studied
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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.