one young bull, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt offering;
Parallel translations
- KJV One young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
- BSB one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering;
- NKJV one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt offering;
- NASB one bull, one ram, and one male lamb one year old, as a burnt offering;
- NLT He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
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Quick answer
Shelumiel presents a bull, ram, and lamb for a burnt offering. The burnt offering signifies total surrender to God.
Overview
The burnt offering was wholly consumed on the altar, picturing complete consecration and atonement (Leviticus 1). Each prince gives the same animals, reflecting shared devotion. The fully-offered sacrifice anticipates Christ, who gave himself entirely as a pleasing offering to God (Ephesians 5:2).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- John 1:29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- Exod 12:5Your lamb shall be without defect, a male a year old. You shall take it from the sheep, or from the goats:
- 1 Pet 1:19but with precious blood, as of a lamb without blemish or spot, the blood of Christ;
- Acts 8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
- Rev 5:6I saw in the middle of the throne and of the four living creatures, and in the middle of the elders, a Lamb standing, as though it had been slain, having seven horns, and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God, sent out into all the earth.
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