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72On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:

Numbers 7:72

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  • Of Asher; Pagiel the son of Ocran.

  • And those that encamp by him shall be the tribe of Asher: and the captain of the children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-89)

We have here an account of the great solemnity of dedicating the altars, both that of burnt-offerings and that of incense; they had been sanctified before, when they were anointed ( Lev. 8:10 ; 11 ), but now they were handselled, as it were, by the princes, with their free-will offerings. They began the use of them with rich presents, great expressions of joy and gladness, and extraordinary respec…

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