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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 are twelve H8147 brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 42:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 42:37 - Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may put my two H8147 sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hand, and I will return him to you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:27 - “And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two H8147 sons;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 46:27

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:27 - and the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt were [fn]two H8147; all the persons of the house of Jacob, who came to Egypt, were seventy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:1 -

Now it happened after these things that [fn]Joseph was told, “Behold, your father is sick.” So he took his two H8147 sons Manasseh and Ephraim with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:5 - “So now your two H8147 sons, who were born to you in the land of Egypt before I came to you in Egypt, are mine; Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon are.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:13 - And Joseph took them both H8147, Ephraim with his right hand toward Israel’s left, and Manasseh with his left hand toward Israel’s right, and brought them close to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:28 -

All these are the twelve H8147 tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them. So he blessed them. He blessed them, every one [fn]with the blessing appropriate to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:13 - Then he went out the next day, and behold, two H8147 Hebrews were struggling with each other; and he said to the [fn]wicked one, “Why are you striking your companion?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 4:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:9 - “But if it will be that they will not believe even these two H8147 signs and that they will not listen to your voice, then you shall take some water from the Nile and pour it on the dry land; and the water which you take from the Nile will become blood on the dry land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:7 - ‘Moreover, they shall take some of the blood and put it on the two H8147 doorposts and on the lintel [fn]of the houses in which they eat it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:22 - “And you shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood which is in the basin, and [fn]touch some of the blood that is in the basin to the lintel and the two H8147 doorposts; and none of you shall go outside the doorway of his house until morning.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:23 - “And Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two H8147 doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 15:27 -

Then they came to Elim where there were twelve H8147 springs of water and seventy date palms, and they camped there beside the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 16:22 -

Now it happened that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two H8147 omers for each one. Then all the leaders 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 whom [fn]one was named Gershom, for Moses said, “I have been a [fn]sojourner in a foreign land.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:6 - And he [fn]sent word to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you with your wife and her two H8147 sons with her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - “If what he stole is actually found alive in his hand, whether an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he shall pay double H8147.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 -

“If a man gives his neighbor money or goods to keep for him and it is stolen from the man’s house, if the thief is [fn]caught, he shall pay double H8147.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - “For every [fn]breach of trust, whether it is for ox, for donkey, for sheep, for clothing, or for any lost thing about which one says, ‘This is it,’ the [fn]case of both H8147 parties shall come before [fn]the judges; he whom [fn]the judges condemn shall pay double H8147 to his neighbor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - then an oath before Yahweh shall be made by the two H8147 of them [fn]that he has not [fn]laid hands on his neighbor’s property; and its owner shall accept it, and he shall not make restitution.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an altar [fn]at the foot of the mountain with twelve H8147 pillars for the twelve H8147 tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:12 - “You shall cast four gold rings for it and [fn]fasten them on its four feet, and two H8147 rings shall be on one side of it and two H8147 rings on the other side of it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:18

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:18 - “You shall make two H8147 cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work [fn]at the two H8147 ends of the mercy seat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:19 - “Make one cherub [fn]at one end and one cherub [fn]at the other end; from one piece you shall make the mercy seat with the cherubim at its two H8147 ends.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:22 - “There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two H8147 cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all which I will command you for the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 25:35

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 25:35 - “And a [fn]bulb shall be under the first pair H8147 of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the second pair H8147 of branches coming out of it, and a [fn]bulb under the third pair H8147 of branches coming out of it, for the six branches coming out of the lampstand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:17 - “There shall be two H8147 [fn]tenons for each board, [fn]fitted to one another; thus you shall do for all the boards of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:19 - “You shall make forty bases of silver under the twenty boards, two H8147 bases under one board for its two H8147 tenons, and two H8147 bases under another board for its two H8147 tenons;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:21

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:23 - “You shall make two H8147 boards for the corners of the tabernacle at the [fn]rear.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:24 - “They shall be [fn]separated beneath, but together at their completion [fn]at its top, [fn]at the first ring; thus it shall be with both H8147 of them: they shall form the two H8147 corners.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 26:25 - “There shall be eight boards with their bases of silver, sixteen bases; two H8147 bases under one board and two H8147 bases under another board.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 27:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:7 - “Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two H8147 sides of the altar when it is carried.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:7 - “It shall have two H8147 shoulder pieces joined to its two H8147 ends, that it may be joined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:9 - “You shall take two H8147 onyx stones and engrave on them the names of the sons of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:11 - “[fn]As a jeweler engraves a signet, you shall engrave the two H8147 stones according to the names of the sons of Israel; you shall set them all around in filigree settings of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:12 - “You shall put the two H8147 stones on the shoulder pieces of the ephod, as stones of remembrance for the sons of Israel, and Aaron shall bear their names before Yahweh on his two H8147 shoulders for remembrance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:14 - and two H8147 chains of pure gold; you shall make them a twisted work of cords, and you shall put the chains of cords on the filigree settings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - “The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve H8147, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each according to his name for the twelve H8147 tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:23 - “You shall make on the breastpiece two H8147 rings of gold, and you shall put the two H8147 rings on the two H8147 ends of the breastpiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:24

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:24 - “You shall put the two H8147 cords of gold on the two H8147 rings at the ends of the breastpiece.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:25 - “You shall put the two H8147 ends of the two H8147 cords on the two H8147 filigree settings, and you shall put them on the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:26 - “You shall make two H8147 rings of gold and shall place them on the two H8147 ends of the breastpiece, on the edge of it, which is toward the inner side of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 28:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:27 - “You shall make two H8147 rings of gold and put them on the bottom of the two H8147 shoulder pieces of the ephod, on the front of it close to the place where it is joined, above the skillfully woven band of the ephod.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:1 -

“Now this is [fn]what you shall do to them to set them apart as holy to minister as priests to Me: take one bull from the herd and two H8147 rams without blemish,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:3

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:3 - “And you shall put them in one basket and bring them near in the basket along with the bull and the two H8147 rams.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 29:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:13 - “You shall take all the fat that covers the entrails and the [fn]lobe of the liver and the two H8147 kidneys and the fat that is on them, and you shall offer them up in smoke on the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:22 -

“You shall also take the fat from the ram and the fat tail and the fat that covers the entrails and the [fn]lobe of the liver and the two H8147 kidneys and the fat that is on them and the right thigh (for it is a ram of [fn]ordination),

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 29:38 -

“Now this is what you shall offer on the altar: two H8147 one year old lambs each day, continuously.


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