Numbers - 7:48



48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim

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Explanation and meaning of Numbers 7:48.

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On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
The seventh day the prince of the sons of Ephraim, Elisama the son Ammiud,
On the seventh day, the prince of the children of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud.
On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, chief of the children of Ephraim:
On the seventh day, the leader of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud,
Die septimo, princeps filiorum Ephraim, Elisarea filius Ammihud.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

On the seventh day - Both Jewish and Christian writers have been surprised that this work of offering went forward on the seventh day, which they suppose to have been a Sabbath, as well as on the other days. But
1. There is no absolute proof that this seventh day of offering was a Sabbath.
2. Were it even so, could the people be better employed than in thus consecrating themselves and their services to the Lord?
We have already seen that every act was a religious act; and we may rest assured that no day was too holy for the performance of such acts as are recorded here.

On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered. See Numbers 1:10.

On the seventh day--Surprise has been expressed by some that this work of presentation was continued on the Sabbath. But assuming that the seventh day referred to was a Sabbath (which is uncertain), the work was of a directly religious character, and perfectly in accordance with the design of the sacred day.

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