88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings totaled twenty-four bulls, all the rams, sixty, the male goats, sixty, and the male lambs one year old, sixty. (A)This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

89 Now when (B)Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above (C)the [a]atoning cover that was on the ark of the testimony, from (D)between the two [b]cherubim; so He spoke to him.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 7:89 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  2. Numbers 7:89 Heb plural of cherub

88 The total number of animals for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering(A) came to twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty male goats and sixty male lambs(B) a year old. These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.(C)

89 When Moses entered the tent of meeting(D) to speak with the Lord,(E) he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover(F) on the ark of the covenant law.(G) In this way the Lord spoke to him.

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