Numbers 7:47 meaning and explanation

and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.

Numbers 7:47, Berean Standard Bible

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This verse closes the sixth day of the altar's dedication, when Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the tribe of Gad, brought his offering. The peace offering, from the Hebrew shelamim, was a shared meal: part burned on the altar, part eaten by the worshippers and priests in fellowship before God.

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