Numbers 7:88

All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The narrator records the final tally of the tribal leaders' dedication offerings for the altar immediately following its anointing and consecration. This summary concludes the twelve-day inventory of gifts presented by Israel's princes.

The words — The phrase וְ/כֹל זֶ֣בַח הַ/שְּׁלָמִ֗ים (ve./kol ze.vach ha./she.la.Mim) literally translates to "and all the sacrifice of the peace offerings," serving as the heading for the specific livestock count that closes the dedication record.

The thread — This inventory parallels the earlier tabernacle and altar dedication summaries in Numbers 7:1, 7:10, and 7:84, which track the systematic completion of the sanctuary's consecration rites.

Why it lands — The text states the exact count of peace offerings to formally close the altar dedication inventory. It requires the reader to acknowledge that communal worship was structured around precise, collective compliance with prescribed offerings rather than individual discretion.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.

Cross-references

Numbers 7:1 On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
Numbers 7:10 When the altar was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for its dedication and presented them before the altar.
Numbers 7:84 So these were the offerings from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve gold dishes.