Bible Strands
Numbers 7:23
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the daily offerings brought by tribal leaders during the tabernacle's dedication. Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presents his tribute immediately after the first leader's offering.
The words — The text specifies הַשְּׁלָמִים (ha-shelamim), translated as "peace offerings," and בָקָר (baqar), meaning "oxen." These terms identify the specific sacrificial category and the primary livestock designated for this ritual.
The thread — This offering pattern echoes the peace offering regulations in Leviticus 7:11 and mirrors the massive communal sacrifices recorded in 1 Kings 8:63. It also establishes the ritual vocabulary later invoked in Proverbs 7:14.
Why it lands — The verse demands recognition of the precise, repetitive structure of Israel's worship system. It requires the reader to track how individual tribal contributions aggregate into a unified national practice.
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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 Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
Cross-references
- Leviticus 7:11 Now this is the law of the peace offering that one may present to the LORD:
- 1 Kings 8:63 And Solomon offered as peace offerings to the LORD 22,000 oxen and 120,000 sheep. So the king and all the Israelites dedicated the house of the LORD.
- Proverbs 7:14 “I have made my peace offerings; today I have paid my vows.
- Colossians 1:1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,