Bible Strands
Numbers 7:17
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the specific sacrificial inventory brought by Nahshon, leader of Judah, on the first day of the tabernacle’s dedication.
The words — שְׁלָמִים (shelamim) translates to "peace offerings," and זֶבַח (zevach) denotes the formal "sacrifice" or slaughter accompanying the ritual.
The thread — This inventory pattern mirrors the peace offering regulations in Leviticus 3:1 and repeats identically for each subsequent tribal leader in Numbers 7.
Why it lands — The text demands precise accounting of ritual materials, establishing that tribal leadership formally consecrates the sanctuary through enumerated, lawful offerings.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 3:1 “If one’s offering is a peace offering and he offers an animal from the herd, whether male or female, he must present it without blemish before the LORD.
- 2 Corinthians 5:19 that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.