Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 7:88:
- Kupsabiny: “And the sacrifices of fellowship that were given were these: Twenty-four bullocks, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, and sixty other rams/lambs that had one year. These things were given for the feast in which the altar was inaugurated/anointed and dedicated.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And for the Fellowship Offering 24 oxen, 60 rams, 60 goats and 60 one-year-old male lambs were sacrificed. These were the offerings brought to be offered after the altar had been anointed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The animals that were-offered for a good relationship: 24 bulls, 60 older male sheep, 60 male goats, and 60 younger male sheep which is one year old.
These were all the offerings when the altar was dedicated.” (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)
