Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 7:87:
- Kupsabiny: “And the animals for sacrifice that were given/offered were these: Twelve bullocks, twelve rams and twelve other rams that had one year. They were for the sacrifices that were to be burned completely together with food (grain) offerings. Twelve he-goats for sweeping away sin were also given.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “For the Burnt Offerings there were twelve young bulls, twelve one-year-old lambs and twelve sacrificial male lambs along with the grain offerings. For purification Offering there were also twelve male goats.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The animals that were-given for burnt offering: twelve young cow, twelve old male sheep and twelve young male lambs/sheep which is one year old, together with these are the gift offerings. The offering for becoming-clean: twelve male goats.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve leaders brought these gifts:
—twelve silver plates and twelve silver bowls, weighing a total of about 60 pounds/27.6 kg., each of them being weighed on the scales kept in the Sacred Tent;
—twelve gold dishes filled with incense, weighing a total of about three pounds/1.4 kg., each being weighed on those same scales;
—twelve bulls, twelve full-grown rams, and twelve one-year-old rams, to be sacrifices that were completely burned, along with the grain offerings;
—twelve goats to be sacrificed to forgive the people for the sins they have committed;
—and 24 bulls, 60 full-grown rams, 60 goats, and 60 rams that were one-year-old, to be sacrifices to maintain the people’s fellowship with Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
