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Lexicon :: Strong's H8147 - šᵊnayim

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שְׁנַיִם
Transliteration
šᵊnayim
Pronunciation
shen-ah'-yim
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Part of Speech
adjective, dual masculine/feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2421a

Strong’s Definitions

שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 768x

The KJV translates Strong's H8147 in the following manner: two (533x), twelve (with H6240) (105x), both (69x), twelfth (with H6240) (21x), second (10x), twain (7x), both of them (5x), twice (5x), double (5x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 768x
The KJV translates Strong's H8147 in the following manner: two (533x), twelve (with H6240) (105x), both (69x), twelfth (with H6240) (21x), second (10x), twain (7x), both of them (5x), twice (5x), double (5x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. two

    1. two (the cardinal number)

      1. two, both, double, twice

    2. second (the ordinal number)

    3. in combination with other numbers

    4. both (a dual number)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שְׁנַיִם shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim; dual of H8145; feminine שְׁתַּיִם shᵉttayim; two; also (as ordinal) twofold:—both, couple, double, second, twain, twelfth, twelve, twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
STRONGS H8147: Abbreviations
שְׁנַ֫יִם, שְׁתַּיִם (PhilippiZMG xlix (1895), 202 Ges§ 97b note): 768 noun masculine and feminine dual two (Late Hebrew id.; Phoenician אשנם (and שנ׳ second), Punic שנם Lzb380; Arabic bdb104101; Sabean תֿני HomChr 47, Aramaic תְּרֵין, bdb104102 (תִּנְיָנָא, bdb104103second); Nabataean תרין, Palmyrene feminine תרתן, תרתיא, Lzb388; Assyrian šinâ; on etymology see √, and especially PhilippiZMG xxxii (1878), 21-98); — masculine (with masculine noun) שְׁנַיִם Amos 3:3 +; construct שְׁנֵי Isaiah 7:16 +, suffix שְׁנֵיהֶם Genesis 2:25 +, etc.; feminine (with feminine noun) שְׁתַּיִם Amos 4:8 +; construct שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19, וּשְׁתֵּי Isaiah 7:21 +, etc., מִשְּׁתֵֿי Judges 16:28 (see GFM); suffixes see below (2+10= 12, see below); Hexateuch chiefly P; — two:
1. no other number:
a. usually construct before plural noun (צְמִידִים) שְׁנֵי Genesis 24:22 + 19 times + 2 Samuel 23:20 || 1 Chronicles 11:22 (insert בְּנֵי Greek Version of the LXX Th modern, otherwise RSSemitic i. 469, 2nd ed., 488); (נָשִׁים) שְׁתֵּי Genesis 4:19 132 times, 1 Samuel 10:4 insert כִּכְּרוֺת Klo HPS Bu Now; Leviticus 16:21 read dual יָדָיו Qr, + Judges 16:28 (see above) + שְׁתֵּיאֵֿלֶּה Isaiah 47:9 both these things; before singular noun, שְׁנֵי Exodus 16:22 (Ges§ 134e); suffix שְׁנֵיתֶם the two of them Genesis 2:25 + 62 times, + Proverbs 24:22 (> their years Syriac Version Targum De and others; probably corrupt, see Toy), שְׁנֵינוּ Genesis 31:37 + 2 times, שְׁנֵיכֶם † Genesis 27:45; שְׁתֵּיהֶם (masculine suffix! Ges§ 135 o) † Ruth 1:19; Ruth 4:11, יֵ֯הֶן † 1 Samuel 25:43; Ezekiel 23:13.
b. absolute
(1) שְׁנַ֫יִם (90 times), before plural noun Judges 11:37 + 26 times; after plural noun 2 Samuel 1:1; Exodus 29:1+ 21 times (usually P Chronicles), singular noun (collective) Genesis 46:27; Numbers 7:17 + 11 times Numbers 17; noun omitted Genesis 7:2; Genesis 44:27 + 26 times; שׁ׳ שׁ׳ distributive Genesis 7:9 +; לִשׁ׳ cut in two 2 Kings 3:25; Jeremiah 34:18; = double amount † Exodus 22:3; Exodus 22:6; Exodus 22:8 (E); שׁ׳ פִּי † Deuteronomy 21:17 double portion, + בְּרוּחֲךָ † 2 Kings 2:9 in (of) thy spirit, + בָּהּ †Zechariah 3:18;
(2) שְׁתַּ֫יִם (55 times) before plural noun 1 Kings 3:16 + 16 times; after plural noun (usually P and late) 2 Chronicles 24:3 + 9 times; noun omitted, = two things † Isaiah 51:19; Job 13:20; Proverbs 30:7; שְׁתַּיִם = twice † 2 Kings 6:10; Job 40:5; Psalm 62:12 (or as Proverbs 30:7), בִּשׁ׳ Job 33:14 either so, or in two ways RVm (see De); as ordinal בִּשְׁנַת שְׁתַּיִם לְ 1 Kings 15:25 + 9 times, etc.; (3) as round number, שְׁנַיִם עֵצִים 1 Kings 17:12 a few sticks (German 'ein paar'), compare 2 Kings 9:32; Isaiah 17:6; שְׁתַּיִם שָׁלשׁ Amos 4:8, וּשְׁתָּ֑יִם פַּעַם Nehemiah 13:20, compare Jeremiah 3:14 אֶחָד מֵעִיר וּשְׁנַיִם מִמִּשְׁפָּחָה = a small number; Ezra 10:13 not for one or two days (but for many), 2 Kings 6:10.
2. twelve: with noun masculine שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Genesis 42:13 + 87 times, לִשְׁנֵי עָשָׂר Exodus 28:21 + 4 times; with noun feminine שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה Exodus 24:4 + 34 times, שְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה † Ezekiel 32:1, 17; Ezekiel 33:21; before plural noun Genesis 17:20; Exodus 15:27 +; after plural noun Numbers 7:84 (twice in verse) +; before singular noun Exodus 28:21 +, Genesis 14:4 (12 year) +, etc.; as ordinal, יוֺם בְּיוֺם שְׁנֵים עָשָׂר Numbers 7:78, בִּשְׁתֵּי עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה Ezekiel 32:1 +, etc.
3. with larger number: 10 (etc.) + 2, 2 Samuel 8:5; Judges 10:3 + 56 times; 2+10 (etc.) Numbers 1:35 (P), 2 Chronicles 22:2 + 18 times (Köii. 1. 215 ff. Ges§ 97 f.); 200+2+30, 1 Kings 20:15; 50+2 as ordinal 2 Kings 15:27 + 2 times; compare 2 + 20, 1 Chronicles 24:17.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:25; 2:25; 4:1; 4:19; 4:19; 7:2; 7:9; 14:4; 17:20; 24:22; 27:45; 31:37; 42:13; 44:27; 46:27

Exodus

15:27; 16:22; 22:3; 22:6; 22:8; 24:4; 28:21; 28:21; 29:1

Leviticus

16:21

Numbers

1:35; 7:17; 7:78; 7:84; 17

Deuteronomy

21:17

Judges

10:3; 11:37; 16:28; 16:28

Ruth

1:19; 4:11

1 Samuel

10:4; 25:43

2 Samuel

1:1; 8:5; 23:20

1 Kings

3:16; 15:25; 17:12; 20:15

2 Kings

2:9; 3:25; 6:10; 6:10; 9:32; 15:27

1 Chronicles

11:22; 24:17

2 Chronicles

22:2; 24:3

Ezra

10:13

Nehemiah

13:20

Job

13:20; 33:14; 40:5

Psalms

62:12

Proverbs

24:22; 30:7; 30:7

Isaiah

7:16; 7:21; 17:6; 47:9; 51:19

Jeremiah

3:14; 34:18

Ezekiel

23:13; 32:1; 32:1; 32:17; 33:21

Amos

3:3; 4:8; 4:8

H8147

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Strong's Number H8147 matches the Hebrew שְׁנַיִם (šᵊnayim),
which occurs 769 times in 646 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 13 (Gen 42:32–Exo 29:38)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:32 - We be twelve H8147 brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two H8147 sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:27 - And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two H8147 sons:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:27 - And the sons of Joseph, which were born him in Egypt, were two H8147 souls: all the souls of the house of Jacob, which came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 - And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick: and he took with him his two H8147 sons, Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - And now thy two H8147 sons, Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine; as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph took them both, H8147 Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 49:28

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:28 - All these are the twelve H8147 tribes of Israel: and this is it that their father spake unto them, and blessed them; every one according to his blessing he blessed them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:13 - And when he went out the second day, behold, two H8147 men of the Hebrews strove together: and he said to him that did the wrong, Wherefore smitest thou thy fellow?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - And it shall come to pass, if they will not believe also these two H8147 signs, neither hearken unto thy voice, that thou shalt take of the water of the river, and pour it upon the dry land: and the water which thou takest out of the river shall become blood upon the dry land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:7 - And they shall take of the blood, and strike it on the two H8147 side posts and on the upper door post of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two H8147 side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - For the LORD will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and when he seeth the blood upon the lintel, and on the two H8147 side posts, the LORD will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 15:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:27 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve H8147 wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 16:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 - And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two H8147 omers for one man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:3 - And her two H8147 sons; of which the name of the one was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - And he said unto Moses, I thy father in law Jethro am come unto thee, and thy wife, and her two H8147 sons with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double. H8147

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties H8147 shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double H8147 unto his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, H8147 that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and builded an altar under the hill, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve H8147 tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:12 - And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two H8147 rings shall be in the one side of it, and two H8147 rings in the other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - And thou shalt make two H8147 cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two H8147 ends of the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19 - And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two H8147 ends thereof.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two H8147 cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - And there shall be a knop under two H8147 branches of the same, and a knop under two H8147 branches of the same, and a knop under two H8147 branches of the same, according to the six branches that proceed out of the candlestick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - Two H8147 tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:19 - And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two H8147 sockets under one board for his two H8147 tenons, and two H8147 sockets under another board for his two H8147 tenons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:21 - And their forty sockets of silver; two H8147 sockets under one board, and two H8147 sockets under another board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - And two H8147 boards shalt thou make for the corners of the tabernacle in the two sides.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one ring: thus shall it be for them both; H8147 they shall be for the two H8147 corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two H8147 sockets under one board, and two H8147 sockets under another board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two H8147 sides of the altar, to bear it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:7 - It shall have the two H8147 shoulderpieces thereof joined at the two H8147 edges thereof; and so it shall be joined together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9 - And thou shalt take two H8147 onyx stones, and grave on them the names of the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - With the work of an engraver in stone, like the engravings of a signet, shalt thou engrave the two H8147 stones with the names of the children of Israel: thou shalt make them to be set in ouches of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - And thou shalt put the two H8147 stones upon the shoulders of the ephod for stones of memorial unto the children of Israel: and Aaron shall bear their names before the LORD upon his two H8147 shoulders for a memorial.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - And two H8147 chains of pure gold at the ends; of wreathen work shalt thou make them, and fasten the wreathen chains to the ouches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - And the stones shall be with the names of the children of Israel, twelve, H8147 according to their names, like the engravings of a signet; every one with his name shall they be according to the twelve H8147 tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:23 - And thou shalt make upon the breastplate two H8147 rings of gold, and shalt put the two H8147 rings on the two H8147 ends of the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:24 - And thou shalt put the two H8147 wreathen chains of gold in the two H8147 rings which are on the ends of the breastplate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - And the other two H8147 ends of the two H8147 wreathen chains thou shalt fasten in the two H8147 ouches, and put them on the shoulderpieces of the ephod before it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - And thou shalt make two H8147 rings of gold, and thou shalt put them upon the two H8147 ends of the breastplate in the border thereof, which is in the side of the ephod inward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - And two H8147 other rings of gold thou shalt make, and shalt put them on the two H8147 sides of the ephod underneath, toward the forepart thereof, over against the other coupling thereof, above the curious girdle of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 - And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one young bullock, and two H8147 rams without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:3 - And thou shalt put them into one basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two H8147 rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - And thou shalt take all the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul that is above the liver, and the two H8147 kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and burn them upon the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:22 - Also thou shalt take of the ram the fat and the rump, and the fat that covereth the inwards, and the caul above the liver, and the two H8147 kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, and the right shoulder; for it is a ram of consecration:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:38

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38 - Now this is that which thou shalt offer upon the altar; two H8147 lambs of the first year day by day continually.

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