Bible Strands
Numbers 7:71
and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the eleventh tribal leader, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, presenting his dedication gifts immediately after the tenth leader finished and before the altar is approached on the twelfth day.
The words — The text specifies a zebach shelamim (sacrifice of peace offerings), enumerating the exact livestock count without commentary.
The thread — This identical listing of leader offerings repeats across Numbers 7:12–83, establishing a fixed liturgical pattern.
Why it lands — The verse requires the reader to track the precise, unvarnished accounting of communal contributions and recognize the structural repetition of Israel’s worship administration.
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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 Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.