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What does Numbers 7:53 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 Elishama the son of Ammihud."
— Numbers 7:53 (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 Elishama the son of Ammihud.
On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh
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 7:53 records the final portion of a single leader's offering during the twelve-day dedication of the tabernacle's altar. In plain terms, it lists the animals given for the "peace offering" (sometimes translated "fellowship offering"): two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five year-old male lambs. The verse closes by naming the giver — Elishama, son of Ammihud — identifying whose gift this was. It's essentially a receipt, a written record of one man's contribution to the sacred inauguration of Israel's worship center.
The broader context is found throughout Numbers 7, which describes the dedication of the altar shortly after the tabernacle was completed in the wilderness under Moses
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