Numbers 7:17

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 Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
sacrifice	וּלְזֶ֣בַח u.le.Ze.vach	H2077	properly · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
offerings	הַשְּׁלָמִים֮ ha.she.la.Mim	H8002	properly · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
two	שְׁנַיִם֒ she.na.Yim	H8147	two · cardinal number, both genders dual absolute
oxen	בָּקָ֣ר ba.Kar	H1241	beef cattle or an animal of the ox family of either gen… · noun, common both genders singular absolute
five	חֲמִשָּׁה֙ cha.mi.Shah	H2568	five · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
rams	אֵילִ֤ם 'ei.Lim	H352	properly · noun, common masculine plural absolute
five	חֲמִשָּׁ֔ה cha.mi.Shah	H2568	five · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
goats	עַתּוּדִ֣ים 'a.tu.Dim	H6260	prepared · noun, common masculine plural absolute
five	חֲמִשָּׁ֑ה cha.mi.Shah	H2568	five · cardinal number, both genders singular absolute
lambs	כְּבָשִׂ֥ים ke.va.Sim	H3532	a ram (just old enough to butt) · noun, common masculine plural absolute
first	בְּנֵֽי be.nei-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine plural construct
year	שָׁנָ֖ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
offering	קָרְבַּ֥ן ka.re.Ban	H7133	something brought near the altar · noun, common masculine singular construct
Nahshon	נַחְשׁ֖וֹן nach.Shon	H5177	Nachshon · proper noun, a man's name
son	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
Amminadab	עַמִּינָדָֽב 'a.mi.na.Dav	H5992	Amminadab · proper noun, a man's name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Leviticus 3:1-17 And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without…
2 Corinthians 5:19-21 To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:10–end

We have here an account of the great solemnity of dedicating the altars, both that of burnt-offerings and that of incense; they had been sanctified before, when they were anointed (Lev 8:10, Lev 8:11), but now they were handselled, as it were, by the princes, with their free-will offerings. They began the use of them with rich presents, great expressions of joy and gladness, and extraordinary respect to those tokens of God's presence with them. Now observe here, I. That the princes and great men were first and forwardest in the service of God. Those that are entitled to precedency should go before in good works, and that is true honour. Here is an example to the nobility and gentry, those th…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 7:12

He that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon . . . of the tribe of Judah, &c.--Judah having had the precedence assigned to it, the prince or head of that tribe was the first admitted to offer as its representative; and his offering, as well as that of the others, is thought, from its costliness, to have been furnished not from his own private means, but from the general contributions of each tribe. Some parts of the offering, as the animals for sacrifice, were for the ritual service of the day, the peace offerings being by much the most numerous, as the princes and some of the people joined with the priests afterwards in celebrating the occasion with festive rejoicing. Hence the fe…

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John Gill on Numbers 7:17

And for a sacrifice of peace offerings,.... So that here were all sorts of offerings on this occasion, meat and drink offerings, burnt offerings, sin offerings, and peace offerings: and for the latter were brought two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year; the reason why so many were brought and used for this sort of sacrifice was, because with these a feast was made, of which not only the priests partook, but the princes, and as many of their friends and acquaintance as they thought fit to invite: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab: which he offered out of his own substance, as the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem paraphrase it; though some have…

Dictionary and topics

Amminadab — Kindred of the prince. (1.) The father of Nahshon, who was chief of the tribe of Judah (Num. 1:7; 2:3; 7:12, 17; 10:14). His daughter Elisheba was married to Aaron (Ex. 6:23). (2.) A son of Kohath,…
Goat — (1.) Heb. ‘ez, the she-goat (Gen. 15:9; 30:35; 31:38). This Hebrew word is also used for the he-goat (Ex. 12:5; Lev. 4:23; Num. 28:15), and to denote a kid (Gen. 38:17, 20). Hence it may be regarded…
Merarites — The descendants of Merari (Num. 26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabernacle, which they had to carry from place to place (Num. 3:20, 33-37; 4:29-33). In the…
Altar Of Burnt Offering, The · Offering at the dedication of — Offering at the dedication of
Dedication · Subjects of: Tabernacle — Subjects of: Tabernacle
Judah, The Tribe Of · Offering of, at dedication — Offering of, at dedication
Naashon · A — A
Nahshon · Liberality of — Liberality of
Offerings · Different kinds of: Gifts — Different kinds of: Gifts
Peace Offerings · .By the princes — .By the princes
Tabernacle · Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of — Free-will offerings made at the dedication of the altar of

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Numbers 7:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 7:12

John Gill on Numbers 7:17

Dictionary and topics

Numbers 7:17

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Numbers 7:10–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Numbers 7:12

John Gill on Numbers 7:17

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Numbers 7:12-88

Keil & Delitzsch on Numbers 7:12-88

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Numbers 7:12-83

Rashi on Numbers 7:16