On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh, gave his offering: one silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a meal offering;
one golden ladle of ten shekels, full of incense;
one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
one male goat for a sin offering;
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two head of cattle, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv54–56 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve…
All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks,.... According to the number of the princes and their tribes, and so:
the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve; which were also for the burnt offering:
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with their meat offering; which always went along with the burnt offering:
and the kids of the goats, for a sin offering, twelve; thus the twelve princes, and by them the twelve tribes, expressed their faith in Christ, the antitype of those sacrifices, and their hope of his coming into the world to be a sacrifice for sin, and of their atonement, reconciliation, peace, pardon, and salvation by him; see Act 26:6.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On vv54, 57 the eighth day
the eighth day
"day 8" or "day number 8" (See: Ordinal Numbers)
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Gamaliel son of Pedahzur
See how you translated this man's name in Numbers 1:10.
one silver platter weighing 130 shekels
If necessary, these weights can be written in modern measurements. See how you translated these same weights in Numbers 7:13. AT: "one silver platter weighing nearly one and a half kilograms" or "one silver platter weighing one kilogram and 430 grams" (See: Biblical Weight and Numbers)
one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels
"one silver bowl weighing 70 shekels." If necessary, these weights can be written in modern measurements. See how you translated these same weights in Numbers 7:13. AT: "one silver bowl weighing nearly eight tenths of a kilogram" or "one silver bowl weighting 770 grams" (See: Biblical Weight and Numbers)
by the standard weight of the sanctuary shekel
There were shekels of different weights. This is the one that people had to use in the sanctuary of the sacred tent. See how you translated this phrase in Numbers 7:13. AT: "measured by the standard weights used in the sanctuary" (See: Biblical Weight)
fine flour mixed with oil
This can be stated in active form. AT: "fine flour that he had mixed with oil" (See: Active or Passive)
one gold dish weighing ten shekels
If necessary, this can be written in modern measurements. See how you translated these same weights in Numbers 7:14. AT: "one gold dish weighing one tenth of a kilogram" or "one gold dish weighting 110 grams" (See: Biblical Weight)
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Manasseh
sacrifice
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