What Does Numbers 7:30 Mean in the King James?
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The verse calls the gift an approach: what is offered is what comes near.
THE MEANING
The verse makes nearness concrete: an offering is something brought near. Elizur (אֱלִיצוּר, ʾĔlīṣūr, “my God is rock”) brings it, placing firmness beside approach. Right now, what is offered has a name and a place; it is not an abstract gesture.
THE ROOT
קָרְבָּן
qorbān
GROWS FROM
קרב
q-r-b
to approach, come near
The Hebrew word for offering grows from the root of approaching: it is something brought near. Related forms name nearness and the act of bringing near, holding gift and approach together in one word family.
ALSO GROWS
qarov: near
קָרוֹב
This branch names nearness directly, showing that the offering belongs to the language of closeness.
hikriv: to bring near, present
הִקְרִיב
This form makes approach an action: the offering is what someone brings near.
qirvah: nearness, closeness
קִרְבָה
This branch makes the shared root’s movement clear: what is offered is joined to the state of being near.
THE PATTERN
In Scripture’s language of offering, bringing something near makes approach visible.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, If any man of you bring an offering unto the LORD, ye shall bring your offering of the cattle, even of the herd, and of the flock.But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.THE THREAD
But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.The Hebrew קִרְבַת (qirvat, “nearness”) in this verse shares the קרב (q-r-b, “approach, come near”) root with קָרְבָּן (qorbān, “offering”) in Numbers. That shared root lets the offering read as an act of nearness, not only as a gift brought forward.
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