Numbers 7:63

Study note

Setting — The verse records the animal portion of a single tribal prince’s dedication gift at the tabernacle. It directly follows the listing of a gold incense dish and precedes the required sin offering goat.

The words — The text specifies פַּר (par), a young bull, and כֶּבֶשׂ (keves), a male lamb a year old. Each animal is prefixed by אֶחָד ('e.Chad), meaning one, to fix the exact quantity.

The thread — This identical trio of animals repeats for all twelve tribes in Numbers 7. The same burnt offering structure later establishes the daily tamid sacrifice in Exodus 29:38-40.

Why it lands — The verse demands precise accounting of worship materials rather than emotional response. It establishes that corporate devotion requires uniform, ordered contributions.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.