Numbers 7:82 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

One kid of the goats for a sin offering:

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

One young goat for a sin offering:

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse describes one young goat being brought as a sacrifice to make up for sins.

📚 Historical Context

This verse is part of the detailed account of the twelve-day dedication ceremony for the tabernacle, where each tribal leader brought identical offerings including animals for sacrifices. The sin offering was a crucial part of Old Testament worship, where an animal's life was given to atone for the people's wrongdoing before God. This particular offering was brought by Ahira, the leader of the tribe of Naphtali, on the twelfth and final day of the dedication ceremony.

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Ezekiel 43:19

You need to give the Levite priests who are descendants of Zadok — the ones who come close to serve me — a young bull as a sin offering. That's what the Lord God says.

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Josiah gave the people animals from his own flocks - lambs, young goats, and bulls - for their Passover sacrifices. For everyone who was there, he provided thirty thousand lambs and goats, plus three thousand bulls. All of these came from the king's own possessions.

Ezra 6:9

Give them everything they need each day without fail: young bulls, rams, and lambs for the burnt offerings to the God of heaven, plus wheat, salt, wine, and oil, just as the priests in Jerusalem require.

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