Numbers 7:48 BSB — MannaFest

Numbers 7:48

On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, the leader of the Ephraimites, drew near.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

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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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

On 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?

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּיּוֹם֙	bai.yOm	on the day	H3117 →
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֔י	ha.she.vi.'I	<the> seventh	H7637 →
נָשִׂ֖יא	na.Si'	[the] leader	H5387 →
לִבְנֵ֣י	liv.Nei	of [the] descendants of	H1121 →
אֶפְרָ֑יִם	'ef.Ra.yim	Ephraim	H669 →
אֱלִֽישָׁמָ֖ע	'e.li.sha.Ma'	Elishama	H476 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
עַמִּיהֽוּד׃	'a.mi.Hud	Ammihud	H5989 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 2:18
On the west side, the divisions of Ephraim are to camp under their standard:
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.
Through
Numbers 1:10
from the sons of Joseph: from Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud, and from Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur;
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,

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Where the connections lead

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