And they offered unto the LORD the same time, of the spoil which they had brought, seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep.
Parallel translations
- WEB They sacrificed to Yahweh in that day, of the plunder which they had brought, seven hundred head of cattle and seven thousand sheep.
- BSB At that time they sacrificed to the LORD seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from all the plunder they had brought back.
- NKJV And they offered to the Lord at that time seven hundred bulls and seven thousand sheep from the spoil they had brought.
- NASB They sacrificed to the Lord on that day seven hundred oxen and seven thousand sheep from the spoils they had brought.
- NLT On that day they sacrificed to the Lord 700 cattle and 7,000 sheep and goats from the plunder they had taken in the battle.
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They sacrifice to the Lord from the spoil they had taken, hundreds of cattle and thousands of sheep. Worship flows gratefully from God-given victory.
Overview
The people offer abundant sacrifices from the plunder of their earlier triumph, returning to God a portion of what He gave. Generous worship expresses thanksgiving and dependence. Such sacrifices ultimately point to the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ, to which all Old Testament offerings looked forward.
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- 2 Chr 14:13–15And Asa and the people that were with him pursued them unto Gerar: and the Ethiopians were overthrown, that they could not recover themselves; for they were destroyed before the LORD, and before his host; and they carried away very much spoil.
- 2 Chr 7:5And king Solomon offered a sacrifice of twenty and two thousand oxen, and an hundred and twenty thousand sheep: so the king and all the people dedicated the house of God.
- Num 31:28–29And levy a tribute unto the Lord of the men of war which went out to battle: one soul of five hundred, both of the persons, and of the beeves, and of the asses, and of the sheep:
- 2 Chr 1:6And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD, which was at the tabernacle of the congregation, and offered a thousand burnt offerings upon it.
- 1 Sam 15:15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.
- 1 Sam 15:21But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice unto the LORD thy God in Gilgal.
- Num 31:50We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.
- 1 Chr 26:26–27Which Shelomith and his brethren were over all the treasures of the dedicated things, which David the king, and the chief fathers, the captains over thousands and hundreds, and the captains of the host, had dedicated.
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