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What does Numbers 7:47 mean?
"and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel."
— Numbers 7:47 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
one male goat for a sin offering;
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim
gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
Explanation
Numbers 7:47 lists the final part of the offering brought by Eliasaph son of Deuel, the leader of the tribe of Gad: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs, all given as a peace offering (sometimes called a fellowship offering) at the dedication of the tabernacle's altar. In plain terms, this is simply an inventory entry — a record of exactly what one tribal leader contributed on his appointed day of the dedication ceremony.
The context is found in Numbers 7, which describes the twelve-day dedication of the altar shortly after the tabernacle was completed and consecrated in the wilderness. Moses had just finished anointing the tabernacle and its furnishings, and the leaders of Israel's twelve tribes came forward, one per day, to present identical sets of offerings: silver dishes and bowls
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