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Lexicon :: Strong's H259 - 'eḥāḏ

Aa
אֶחָד
Transliteration
'eḥāḏ
Pronunciation
ekh-awd'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
A numeral from אָחַד (H258)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 61

Strong’s Definitions

אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x

The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 952x
The KJV translates Strong's H259 in the following manner: one (687x), first (36x), another (35x), other (30x), any (18x), once (13x), eleven (with H6240) (13x), every (10x), certain (9x), an (7x), some (7x), miscellaneous (87x).

  1. one (number)

    1. one (number)

    2. each, every

    3. a certain

    4. an (indefinite article)

    5. only, once, once for all

    6. one...another, the one...the other, one after another, one by one

    7. first

    8. eleven (in combination), eleventh (ordinal)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֶחָד ʼechâd, ekh-awd'; a numeral from H258; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first:—a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), eleven, every, few, first, highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
STRONGS H259: Abbreviations
אֶחָד 962 adjective number one (Phoenician אחד, Sabean id., compare DHMZMG 1876, 707, Arabic أَحَدً, Ethiopic አሐዱ፡ Aramaic חַד, dfo; on Assyrian edu, aḫadu, compare DlW No. 139) — absoluteא׳ Genesis 1:5 —אַחַ֫ד Genesis 21:15 +; so even before preposition 1 Samuel 9:3 and elsewhere see Dr; feminine absolute אַחַ֫ת Genesis 2:21 +; אֶחָ֑ת † Genesis 11:1 +; construct אַחַ֫ת Deuteronomy 13:13 +; plural masculine אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 + 4:t.; חַד Ezekiel 33:30 strike out Co compare Greek Version of the LXX; —
1. one Genesis 1:9; Genesis 27:38, 45; Exodus 12:49; Joshua 23:10; 1 Samuel 1:24; 2 Samuel 12:3 +, Zechariah 14:9; Malachi 2:10; Job 31:15 +, so also (emphatic) 2 Samuel 17:3 for MT אֲשֶׁר Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one or two לֹא לְיוֺם אֶחָד וְלֹא לִשְׁנַיִם Ezra 10:13; as substantive followed by מִן Genesis 2:21; Leviticus 4:2, 13; Isaiah 34:16 +; הָא׳ Genesis 19:9; Genesis 42:13, 32; 2 Kings 6:3, 5 +; one and the same Genesis 40:5; Job 31:15; plural דְּבָרִים אֲחָדִים Genesis 11:1 compare Ezekiel 37:17 (absolute), but see Co;＝few, a few יָמִים א׳ ‴ Genesis 27:44; Genesis 29:20; Daniel 11:20; כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד as one man, together Judges 20:8; 1 Samuel 11:7; also כְּאֶחָד late＝Aramaic כַּחֲדָא † Ezra 2:64 (= Nehemiah 7:66) Ezra 3:9; Ezra 6:20; Ecclesiastes 11:6; see especially Isaiah 65:25 (|| earlier יַחְדֶּו Isaiah 11:6, 7).
2.＝each, every Exodus 36:30; Numbers 7:3, 85; Numbers 28:21; 1 Kings 4:7; 2 Kings 15:20 +; also repeated, distributive sense Numbers 7:11; Numbers 13:2; Numbers 17:21; Joshua 3:12; Joshua 4:2, 4.
3.＝a certain 1 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 18:10; 2 Kings 4:1; Esther 3:8 — 2 Samuel 17:9 see Dr 1 Samuel 1:1; hence
4.＝indefinite article 1 Samuel 6:7; 1 Samuel 24:15; 1 Samuel 26:20 (but strike out Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) 1 Kings 19:4, 5 +.
5. only 1 Kings 4:19; & (feminine) once 2 Kings 6:10; Psalm 62:12; Psalm 89:36 (once for all); אַחַת לְשָׁלוֺשׁ שָׁנִים 2 Chronicles 9:21, בַּשָּׁנָה א׳ Leviticus 16:34 compare Job 40:5, אֶחָ֑ת אֶחָ֑ת Joshua 6:3, 11 compare Joshua 6:14, בְּאַחַת Numbers 10:4; Job 33:14; at once בְּאֶחָ֑ת Proverbs 28:18 compare וְאִנָּקְמֶה נְקַם־אַחַת Judges 16:28. **Num 10:4 בְּאַחַת is rather 'in one (of the trumpets)'; Job 33:14 it＝in one way; Proverbs 28:18 read probably with Syriac Version Lag Dy Bi בַּשָּׁ֑חַת; Judges 16:28 is rather 'vengeance for one of my two eyes' (see GFM). Jeremiah 10:8 בְּאַחַת probably＝in one, altogether. אחד.
6. one... another, the one... the other א׳⬩⬩⬩א׳ Exodus 17:12; Exodus 18:3, 4; Amos 4:7; 2 Samuel 12:1; Jeremiah 24:2; 2 Chronicles 3:17; Nehemiah 4:11 +; 2 Samuel 14:6 read הָאֶחָד אֶת־אָחִיו for האחד את־האחד Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one after another, one by one, לְאַחַד אֶחָד Isaiah 27:12 compare Ecclesiastes 7:27.
7. as ordinal, first (mostly P & late) Genesis 1:5 (P) Genesis 2:11 (J) Exodus 39:10 (P); absolute Job 42:14, Ezekiel 10:14 especially of first day of month Exodus 40:2 (P) Ezra 3:6; Ezra 10:16, 17; Nehemiah 8:2; Haggai 1:1; first year, שְׁנַת אַחַת 2 Chronicles 36:22; Ezra 1:1; Daniel 1:21; Daniel 9:1, 2; Daniel 11:1 compare first (day, יוֺם omitted) Genesis 8:5, 13 בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ; so Exodus 40:17; Leviticus 23:24; Numbers 1:18; Numbers 29:1; Numbers 33:38 (all P) Deuteronomy 1:3; 2 Chronicles 29:17; Ezra 7:9 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 26:1; Ezekiel 29:17; Ezekiel 31:1; Ezekiel 32:1; Ezekiel 45:18.
8. in combination,
a. אַחַד עָשָׂר eleven (compare עָשָׂר, עַשְׁתֵּי) Genesis 32:23; Genesis 37:9 (JE) Deuteronomy 1:2; so אַחַת־עֶשְׂרֵה Joshua 15:51 (P) 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Chronicles 36:5, 11; Jeremiah 52:1 (precedes noun, except Joshua 15:51; as ordinal, eleventh אַחַת עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezekiel 30:20; Ezekiel 31:1 compare 1 Kings 6:38; 2 Kings 9:29;
b. with other numerals, as cardinal אֶחָד וְאַרְבָּעִים אֶלֶף וַחֲמֵשׁ מֵאוֺת Numbers 1:41; compare Numbers 2:16, 28; Numbers 31:34, 39 (all P; א׳ precedes other numeral); but אַרְבָּיִם וְאַחַת שָׁנָה (א׳ following) 1 Kings 14:21; 1 Kings 15:10; 2 Kings 14:23; 2 Chronicles 12:13 compare 2 Kings 22:1 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Kings 24:18＝Jeremiah 52:1 2 Chronicles 36:11; Joshua 12:24 (D) Isaiah 30:17; Ezra 2:26＝Nehemiah 7:30 compare Nehemiah 7:37; Daniel 10:13; as ordinal בְּאַחַת וְשֵׁשׁ מֵאוֺת שָׁנָה Genesis 8:13 (P) Exodus 12:18 (P), 1 Chronicles 24:17; 1 Chronicles 25:28; 2 Chronicles 16:13 (א׳ preceding); but 1 Kings 16:23; Haggai 2:1 (א׳ following).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

1:5; 1:5; 1:9; 2:11; 2:21; 2:21; 8:5; 8:13; 8:13; 11:1; 11:1; 11:1; 19:9; 21:15; 27:38; 27:44; 27:45; 29:20; 32:23; 37:9; 40:5; 42:13; 42:32

Exodus

12:18; 12:49; 17:12; 18:3; 18:4; 36:30; 39:10; 40:2; 40:17

Leviticus

4:2; 4:13; 16:34; 23:24

Numbers

1:18; 1:41; 2:16; 2:28; 7:3; 7:11; 7:85; 10:4; 10:4; 13:2; 28:21; 29:1; 31:34; 31:39; 33:38

Deuteronomy

1:2; 1:3; 13:13

Joshua

3:12; 4:2; 4:4; 6:3; 6:11; 6:14; 12:24; 15:51; 15:51; 23:10

Judges

16:28; 16:28; 20:8

1 Samuel

1:1; 1:1; 1:24; 6:7; 9:3; 11:7; 24:15; 26:20

2 Samuel

12:1; 12:3; 14:6; 17:3; 17:9; 18:10

1 Kings

4:7; 4:19; 6:38; 14:21; 15:10; 16:23; 19:4; 19:5

2 Kings

4:1; 6:3; 6:5; 6:10; 9:29; 14:23; 15:20; 22:1; 23:36; 24:18; 24:18

1 Chronicles

24:17; 25:28

2 Chronicles

3:17; 9:21; 12:13; 16:13; 29:17; 34:1; 36:5; 36:11; 36:11; 36:22

Ezra

1:1; 2:26; 2:64; 3:6; 3:9; 6:20; 7:9; 10:13; 10:16; 10:17

Nehemiah

4:11; 7:30; 7:37; 7:66; 8:2

Esther

3:8

Job

31:15; 31:15; 33:14; 33:14; 40:5; 42:14

Psalms

62:12; 89:36

Proverbs

28:18; 28:18

Ecclesiastes

7:27; 11:6

Isaiah

11:6; 11:7; 27:12; 30:17; 34:16; 65:25

Jeremiah

10:8; 24:2; 52:1; 52:1

Ezekiel

10:14; 26:1; 29:17; 30:20; 31:1; 31:1; 32:1; 33:30; 37:17; 45:18

Daniel

1:21; 9:1; 9:2; 10:13; 11:1; 11:20

Amos

4:7

Haggai

1:1; 2:1

Zechariah

14:9

Malachi

2:10

H259

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Strong's Number H259 matches the Hebrew אֶחָד ('eḥāḏ),
which occurs 976 times in 739 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 5 / 15 (Num 7:73–Num 29:11)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:74

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:74 - one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:75

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:75 - one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:76

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:76 - one male goat for a sin offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:80

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:80 - one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:81

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:81 - one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:82

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:82 - one male goat for a sin offering;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - Each silver plate weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels. Altogether, the silver dishes weighed two thousand four hundred shekels,[fn] according to the sanctuary shekel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:12 - “Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, using one for a sin offering to the LORD and the other for a burnt offering, to make atonement for the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 9:14 - “ ‘A foreigner residing among you is also to celebrate the LORD’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 10:4 - If only one is sounded, the leaders—the heads of the clans of Israel—are to assemble before you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:19 - You will not eat it for just one day, or two days, or five, ten or twenty days,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:26 - However, two men, whose names were Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders, but did not go out to the tent. Yet the Spirit also rested on them, and they prophesied in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:2 - “Send some men to explore the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the Israelites. From each ancestral tribe send one of its leaders.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:23 - When they reached the Valley of Eshkol,[fn] they cut off a branch bearing a single cluster of grapes. Two of them carried it on a pole between them, along with some pomegranates and figs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:15 - If you put all these people to death, leaving none alive, the nations who have heard this report about you will say,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:5 - With each lamb for the burnt offering or the sacrifice, prepare a quarter of a hin of wine as a drink offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:11 - Each bull or ram, each lamb or young goat, is to be prepared in this manner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:12 - Do this for each one, for as many as you prepare.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:15 - The community is to have the same rules for you and for the foreigner residing among you; this is a lasting ordinance for the generations to come. You and the foreigner shall be the same before the LORD:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:16 - The same laws and regulations will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing among you.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:24 - and if this is done unintentionally without the community being aware of it, then the whole community is to offer a young bull for a burnt offering as an aroma pleasing to the LORD, along with its prescribed grain offering and drink offering, and a male goat for a sin offering.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:27 - “ ‘But if just one person sins unintentionally, that person must bring a year-old female goat for a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:29 - One and the same law applies to everyone who sins unintentionally, whether a native-born Israelite or a foreigner residing among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:15 - Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, “Do not accept their offering. I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, nor have I wronged any of them.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:22 - But Moses and Aaron fell facedown and cried out, “O God, the God who gives breath to all living things, will you be angry with the entire assembly when only one man sins?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:3 - On the staff of Levi write Aaron’s name, for there must be one staff for the head of each ancestral tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 17:6 - So Moses spoke to the Israelites, and their leaders gave him twelve staffs, one for the leader of each of their ancestral tribes, and Aaron’s staff was among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:4 - Offer one lamb in the morning and the other at twilight,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:7 - The accompanying drink offering is to be a quarter of a hin of fermented drink with each lamb. Pour out the drink offering to the LORD at the sanctuary.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:11 - “ ‘On the first of every month, present to the LORD a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:12 - With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah[fn] of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, a grain offering of two-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:13 - and with each lamb, a grain offering of a tenth of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil. This is for a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma, a food offering presented to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:15

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:15 - Besides the regular burnt offering with its drink offering, one male goat is to be presented to the LORD as a sin offering.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:19 - Present to the LORD a food offering consisting of a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:21 - and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:22 - Include one male goat as a sin offering to make atonement for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:27 - Present a burnt offering of two young bulls, one ram and seven male lambs a year old as an aroma pleasing to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:28 - With each bull there is to be a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:29 - and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:30 - Include one male goat to make atonement for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - “ ‘On the first day of the seventh month hold a sacred assembly and do no regular work. It is a day for you to sound the trumpets.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:2 - As an aroma pleasing to the LORD, offer a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:4 - and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:5 - Include one male goat as a sin offering[fn] to make atonement for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:8 - Present as an aroma pleasing to the LORD a burnt offering of one young bull, one ram and seven male lambs a year old, all without defect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:9 - With the bull offer a grain offering of three-tenths of an ephah of the finest flour mixed with oil; with the ram, two-tenths;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:10 - and with each of the seven lambs, one-tenth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:11 - Include one male goat as a sin offering, in addition to the sin offering for atonement and the regular burnt offering with its grain offering, and their drink offerings.

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