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Numbers 7:72

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Numbers 7:72 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher:” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher:
Numbers 7:72 — American Standard Version

Context — Numbers 7

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69one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
70one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
71and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs a year old: this was the oblation of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of the children of Asher:
73his oblation was one silver platter, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty [shekels], one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering;
74one golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense;
75one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb a year old, for a burnt-offering;
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, [offered].] (see <040113>Numbers 1:13 2:27).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“eleventh day: Dr. Adam Clarke remarks, that the Hebrew form of expression here, and in Num 7:78, has something curious in it; beyom âshtey âsar yom, "in the day, the first and tenth day;" beyom shenim âsar yom, "in the day, two and tenth day." But this is the idiom of the language; and to an original Hebrew, our almost anomalous words eleventh and twelfth, would appear as strange. Pagiel: Num 1:13, Num 2:27 Numbers 7:73”
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