What Does Numbers 7:35 Mean in the King James?
And for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
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
Its Hebrew names hold two things together: shelamim is wholeness, and korban is the drawing-near.
THE MEANING
Wholeness appears as a tangible offering: two oxen and five each of rams, he-goats, and first-year lambs. Elizur’s name means “my God is a rock,” placing this drawing-near beneath a nature of steadiness.
THE ROOT
שְׁלָמִים
shelamim
GROWS FROM
שׁלם
sh-l-m
To be whole or complete; to make whole.
“peace offerings” in this verse is shelamim. The Hebrew adds wholeness, completeness, and making whole to the word translated “peace.” Here, the animals give that wholeness a tangible form.
ALSO GROWS
shalom: Wholeness, well-being
שָׁלוֹם
This familiar branch shows the wholeness carried by the peace offering.
shalem: Whole, complete
שָׁלֵם
The root’s sense of completeness gives the offering’s abundance another layer.
shillem: To repay, make restitution
שִׁלֵּם
The same root connects wholeness with making something right again.
קָרְבָּן
korban
GROWS FROM
קָרַב
q-r-b
To approach or draw near.
Korban names an offering as a drawing-near, with nearness inside the word itself. The listed animals make that approach concrete.
ALSO GROWS
qarab: To approach, draw near
קָרַב
This is the verb that gives korban its sense of approaching.
qarov: Near, close
קָרוֹב
This branch links the offering with closeness and nearness.
THE PATTERN
Wholeness becomes visible as relationship is restored.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.For he is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us;THE THREAD
And the flesh of the sacrifice of his peace offerings for thanksgiving shall be eaten the same day that it is offered; he shall not leave any of it until the morning.This verse uses the same Hebrew word, shelamim, as Numbers 7:35. Here, the wholeness named by that root becomes food eaten on the day of offering, giving the word an embodied, tangible shape.
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