Bible Strands
Numbers 7:45
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 text records the exact sacrificial inventory contributed by each tribal leader during the tabernacle altar’s dedication ceremony.
The words — פַּר (par) denotes a young bull, and אַיִל ('ayil) denotes a ram, both specified as precisely counted items for the ritual.
The thread — This inventory pattern recurs in Psalms 66:15 as a vow of fatlings and rams, while Isaiah 53:4 and 2 Corinthians 5:21 later reframe sacrificial substitution as a theological fulfillment.
Why it lands — The passage demands precise adherence to prescribed ritual materials, requiring the reader to track how specific sacrifices function within covenant worship before any later theological application.
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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
- Psalms 66:15 I will offer You fatlings as burnt offerings, with the fragrant smoke of rams; I will offer bulls and goats. Selah
- Isaiah 53:4 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21 God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.