What Does Numbers 7:79 Mean?
His offering was one silver dish of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels, after the set-apart shekel, both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift.
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Selah Decoded Version The Selah Decoded Version renders what the Hebrew and Greek words meant to the people who first heard them.
King James wording
King James Version
His offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was an 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 meat offering:THE KEY
The word translated “offering” carries the seed of “approach”: this measured gift makes nearness tangible.
THE MEANING
Here, nearness to God has weight and texture: silver is weighed, flour and oil are mingled, and the gift is made visible. You encounter approach in something prepared and measurable.
THE ROOT
קָרְבָּנוֹ
qorbānô
GROWS FROM
קרב
q-r-b
to approach, come near
The word for offering carries the seed of approach: a gift is nearness enacted. Here, exact measures and prepared food give that approach a tangible shape.
ALSO GROWS
qārab: to approach or come near
קָרַב
This verb reveals the movement held inside the word for the offering: something is brought near.
qārōb: near or close
קָרוֹב
The same root links the offering with nearness itself, giving the gift a meaning beyond its material contents.
THE PATTERN
Approach to God takes visible form as a person comes near, a gift is brought, or the heart draws near.
And Abraham drew near and said, Will you also sweep away the aligned with the wicked?Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If anyone of you brings near a drawing near to the LORD, you shall bring near your drawing near from the cattle, from the herd and from the flock.Let us draw near with a true heart in the fullness of trust, our hearts sprinkled from a burdened shared sight, and our bodies bathed in clean waters.THE THREAD
Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them, If anyone of you brings near a drawing near to the LORD, you shall bring near your drawing near from the cattle, from the herd and from the flock.Leviticus uses the same Hebrew root קרב (q-r-b, “approach”) in its word for “offering,” connecting the gift with coming near. Numbers gives that approach a particular shape in silver, flour, and oil.
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