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What does Numbers 7:77 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 Pagiel the son of Ochran."
— Numbers 7:77 (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 Pagiel the son of Ochran.
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali
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 spoon of ten shekels, full of incense;
Explanation
This verse records the offering brought by Pagiel son of Ochran, the leader of the tribe of Asher, as part of the dedication ceremony for the tabernacle. In plain terms, it lists the animals he presented for a peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs, each a year old. This single verse is the concluding note in a longer, repeated formula describing the gifts each tribal leader brought on his appointed day.
The context is found in Numbers chapter 7, which describes events shortly after Moses finished setting up the tabernacle in the wilderness. Once the tabernacle was consecrated, the twelve leaders of Israel's tribes came forward, one per day over twelve days, to present offerings on behalf of their tribes. Moses, as the leader appointed by God, recorded these gifts in careful detail. Each leader's offering was identical in kind and quantity — a wagon, oxen, and various animals for different types of sacrifices — showing that no tribe was favored above another. Pagiel's offering appears here because Asher's turn came on the eleventh day of the dedication.
Theologically, the peace offering (also called a fellowship offering) was a sacrifice that symbolized reconciliation, gratitude, and communion between the wor
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