Bible Strands
Numbers 7:39
one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The verse records the specific livestock contributions each tribal leader brought during the tabernacle dedication. It follows the inventory of sacred vessels and precedes the sin offering in a continuous list of consecration gifts.
The words — פַּ֣ר (par) denotes a young bull, while כֶּֽבֶשׂ (ke.ves) specifies a male lamb. Both terms are paired with אֶחָ֞ד ('e.Chad) to mark the singular, prescribed quantity of each animal.
The thread — The requirement for an unblemished year-old male lamb appears in Exodus 12:5. Later texts identify Jesus as the Lamb of God in John 1:29 and describe him as led like a lamb to slaughter in Acts 8:32.
Why it lands — The text demands precise compliance with prescribed worship offerings rather than voluntary substitution. It requires the reader to track how specific sacrificial types establish a structural pattern later applied to Christ.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
Cross-references
- Exodus 12:5 Your lamb must be an unblemished year-old male, and you may take it from the sheep or the goats.
- John 1:29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Acts 8:32 The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.
- 1 Peter 1:19 but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- Revelation 5:6 Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven spirits of God sent out into all the earth.