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Numbers 7:87

in Numbers 7

All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve male lambs a year old—together with their grain offerings—and twelve male goats for the sin offering.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the he-lambs a year old twelve, and their meal-offering; and the males of the goats for a sin-offering twelve;

KJV

All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.

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This verse in Numbers 7

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

So large a collection of cattle offered for sacrifice on one occasion proves both the large flocks of the Israelites and the abundance of pastures which were then, and still are, found in the valleys that lie between the Sinaitic Mountains.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

How greatly would the sanctuary of God be enriched and beautified if all would in their places do their part towards it, by exemplary purity and devotion, extensive charity, and universal usefulness! God signified his gracious acceptance of these presents that were brought him, by speaking familiarly to Moses, as a man speaks to his friend, from off the mercy-seat (

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All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks,....

The words behind it

20 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.

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַבָּקָ֨רthe cattle

    habakarH1241 →183 times

  • לָעֹלָ֜הfor the burnt offering

    laolahH5930 →287 times

  • שְׁנֵ֧ים[was] two [plus]

    sheneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂ֣רten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • פָּרִ֗יםyoung bulls

    parimH6499 →132 times

  • אֵילִ֤םrams

    ʾeilimH352 →187 times

  • שְׁנֵים־two [plus]

    sheneim-H8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂר֙ten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • כְּבָשִׂ֧יםlambs

    kevasimH3532 →107 times

  • בְּנֵֽי־sons of

    benei-H1121 →4930 times

  • שָׁנָ֛הa year

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • שְׁנֵ֥יםtwo [plus]

    sheneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂ֖רten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • וּמִנְחָתָ֑םand grain offering their

    uminchatamH4503 →211 times

  • וּשְׂעִירֵ֥יand male goats of

    useireiH8163 →59 times

  • עִזִּ֛יםgoats

    ʾizimH5795 →74 times

  • שְׁנֵ֥יםtwo [plus]

    sheneimH8147 →768 times

  • עָשָׂ֖רten

    ʾasarH6240 →338 times

  • לְחַטָּֽאת׃for a sin offering

    lechatatH2403 →295 times

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

Where this verse is studied

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About Numbers

The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. Public domain.
The Brazen Serpent, Anthony van Dyck, 1618 to 1620. 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) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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