EXODUS 1:15 ¶ And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one (echad) was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:
Was Siphrah a "united" woman, or was she one of the two midwives? Here, the word "echad" refers to a quantity of midwives, not to a midwife union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 1, as an ordinal: 0
EXODUS 8:31 And the LORD did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one (echad).
Is the point of this verse that there were no "unified" flies remaining, or that there were not any flies remaining? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of flies.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 2, as an ordinal: 0
EXODUS 9:6 And the LORD did that thing on the morrow, and all the cattle of Egypt died: but of the cattle of the children of Israel died not one (echad).
Does the point of this verse mean that there were no "unified" cattle of the Israelites that died, or that none of the Israelites cattle died? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not to a unification of cattle.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 3, as an ordinal: 0
EXODUS 9:7 And Pharaoh sent, and, behold, there was not one (echad) of the cattle of the Israelites dead. And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not let the people go.
Did Pharaoh get word that no "unified" cattle of the Israelites had died, or that none of the Israelites cattle died? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of cattle, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 4, as an ordinal: 0
EXODUS 10:19 And the LORD turned a mighty strong west wind, which took away the locusts, and cast them into the Red sea; there remained not one (echad) locust in all the coasts of Egypt.
Does this mean that there were no "unified" locusts in Egypt, or that there were not any locusts in Egypt? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of locusts, not to "unified" locusts.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 5, as an ordinal: 0
EXODUS 11:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Yet will I bring one (echad) plague more upon Pharaoh, and upon Egypt; afterwards he will let you go hence: when he shall let you go, he shall surely thrust you out hence altogether.
Was this a "unified" plague, or a single plague yet to be seen? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of plagues to come, not to a "unified" plague.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 6, as an ordinal: 0
EXODUS 12:18 ¶ In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month at even, ye shall eat unleavened bread, until the one (echad) and twentieth day of the month at even.
Here, the word "echad" is plainly used as part of the ordinal number of that particular day (i.e., the 21st day). It is part of an ordinal reference.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 6, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 12:46 In one (echad) house shall it be eaten; thou shalt not carry forth ought of the flesh abroad out of the house; neither shall ye break a bone thereof.
Here, the word "echad" indicates the total number of houses in which the Passover is to be eaten (that is, the Lamb shall not be carried from house to house). Therefore, this is a reference to a quantity of houses, not to a "unified house."
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 7, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 12:49 One (echad) law shall be to him that is homeborn, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among you.
There are not two different laws (one for the stranger, and one for the homeborn), but a single law. Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of laws.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 8, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 14:28 And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one (echad) of them.
Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of chariots and horsemen, not to a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 9, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 16:22 ¶ And it came to pass, that on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one (echad) man: and all the rulers of the congregation came and told Moses.
Were two omers of bread gathered for a "unified" man, or does this a two-to-one ratio of bread to men? As stated here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity (or a number) of men, not a "unification." The italicized word "man" is not in the original Hebrew text (which is why it is italicized). If that insertion is not valid, then the statement becomes "...on the sixth day they gathered twice as much bread, two omers for one (echad)..." In either case, a two-to-one ratio of bread is mentioned, and the word "echad" indicates a quantity of bread, not "united omers" of bread.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 10, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 16:33 And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a (echad) pot, and put an omer full of manna therein, and lay it up before the LORD, to be kept for your generations.
(It may be difficult to see here, but the Hebrew word "echad" was translated into English as the word "a"). Was this manna stored in a "unified" pot, or in a single pot. Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of pots in which to place manna, not a unification of pots.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 11, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one (echad) on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 17:12. In this verse, one of these two man (Aaron and Hur) held up Moses' right hand, and the other man held up his left hand. In the phrase "the one on the one side of Moses," the word "echad" indicates a quantity of men "on the one side." See the next case below.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 12, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 17:12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other (echad) on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 17:12. In this verse, one of these two men (Aaron and Hur) held up Moses' right hand, and the other held up Moses' left hand. In the phrase, "the other on the other side of Moses," the word "echad" indicates a quantity of men "on the other side."
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 13, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 18:3 And her two sons; of which the name of the one (echad) was Gershom; for he said, I have been an alien in a strange land:
Was Gershom a "unified" son, or was he the first of two sons? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union of sons.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 14, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 18:4 And the name of the other (echad) was Eliezer; for the God of my father, said he, was mine help, and delivered me from the sword of Pharaoh:
Was Elizer a "unified" son, or was he the second of two sons? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union of sons.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 15, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 23:29 I will not drive them out from before thee in one (echad) year; lest the land become desolate, and the beast of the field multiply against thee.
Is this a "united" year, or is this a single year? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of years, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 0, as a quantity: 16, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 24:3 ¶ And Moses came and told the people all the words of the LORD, and all the judgments: and all the people answered with one (echad) voice, and said, All the words which the LORD hath said will we do.
Each person had his own mouth to answer with, and their answer was an answer given in unison. Here, the word "echad" indicates a unified voice.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 16, as an ordinal: 1
EXODUS 25:12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one (echad) side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
The word for "other," as in "...and two rings in the other side of it" actually means "second." This suggests an ordinal sequence of sides. (This verse perhaps sould say "...and two rings shall be in the first side of it, and two rings in the second side of it.) Therefore, in this case, the word "echad" is used as an ordinal reference, and indicates neither a union nor a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 16, as an ordinal: 2
EXODUS 25:19 And make one (echad) cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" appearing in Exodus 25:19. Is this a "unified" cherub that is positioned "on the one end," or was a single cherub placed there? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of cherubs, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 17, as an ordinal: 2
EXODUS 25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other (echad) end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" appearing in Exodus 25:19. Again, is this a "unified" cherub that is positioned "on the other end," or was a single cherub placed there? As before, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of cherubs, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 18, as an ordinal: 2
EXODUS 25:32 And six branches shall come out of the sides of it; three branches of the candlestick out of the one (echad) side, and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side:
Exodus 25:32 is part of the description of the Menorah. The Menorah is a seven branched candlestick with seven wicks along the top of it. One branch of the Menorah runs straight up the middle, three branches proceeds out of the right side, and three other branches proceed out of the left side, for a total of seven branches. The word for "other," (as in "...and three branches of the candlestick out of the other side") actually means "second." This implies an ordinal sequence of "sides." (This verse could reasonably have been translated as "three branches ofthe candlestick out of the first (echad) side, and three branches of the candle stick out of the second side." Therefore, this instance of the word "echad" indicates an ordinal sequence, and therefore indicates neither a union nor a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 18, as an ordinal: 3
EXODUS 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one (echad) branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" appearing in Exodus 25:33, and is also part of the description of the Menorah. Are three such bowls made in one "unified" branch, or in each of the six branches that proceeds out of the middle of the Menorah? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a "unified" branch.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 19, as an ordinal: 3
EXODUS 25:33 Three bowls made like unto almonds, with a knop and a flower in one branch; and three bowls made like almonds in the other (echad) branch, with a knop and a flower: so in the six branches that come out of the candlestick.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" appearing in Exodus 25:33, and is also part of the description of the Menorah. Again, are three such bowls made in one "unified" branch, or in each of the six branches that proceeds out of the middle of the Menorah? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a "unified" branch.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 20, as an ordinal: 3
EXODUS 25:36 Their knops and their branches shall be of the same: all it shall be one (echad) beaten work of pure gold.
Exodus 25:36 is part of the description of the Menorah. Is the Menorah several "unified" objects, or is it a single object made of pure gold by a beaten process? Here, the word "echad" refers not to a union, but to a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 21, as an ordinal: 3
EXODUS 26:2 The length of one (echad) curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:2. Are these the dimensions of a "united" curtain, or of each individual curtain? Here, the word "echad" refers to a quantity, not a union. (And yes, all of the curtains were cut with the same dimensions.)
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 22, as an ordinal: 3
EXODUS 26:2 The length of one curtain shall be eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one (echad) of the curtains shall have one measure.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:2. In English, the compound pronoun "everyone" means "all of the people." The word "one" is sometimes used as a non-compound modified pronoun. An example of this (which is also used in Exodus 26:2) is "every one," which means something like "every single person or thing." The non-compound modified pronoun differs from the ordinary compound pronoun in that it places greater emphasis on the word "one." That is, it places greater emphasis on the individual components of the group, and not on the group itself. Therefore, when the word "one" is used as a non-compound modified pronoun in the English language, it has a numerical function. In this verse, the word "echad" is used in this way: as a pronoun with a numeric function, placing emphasis on each individual curtain within the group of curtains. It says nothing of a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 23, as an ordinal: 3
EXODUS 26:4 And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one (echad) curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Two curtains are mentioned here. The last word of this verse actually means "second." This suggests an ordinal sequence of curtains (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.) within this verse. Therefore, this verse could reasonably have been translated as "And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the first (echad) curtain from the selvedge in the coupling, and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of the last curtain, in the coupling of the second." This instance of the word "echad," therefore, indicates an ordinal position within a sequence of couplings.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 23, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:6 And thou shalt make fifty taches of gold, and couple the curtains together with the taches: and it shall be one (echad) tabernacle.
Shall these curtains form a united tabernacle, or a single tabernacle? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 24, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:8 The length of one (echad) curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
This is the first of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:8. In this instance, is it the length of a "unified" curtain that is being specified, or of any individual curtain? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union. (And yes, all of these curtains were cut with the same dimensions.)
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 25, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one (echad) curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one measure.
This is the second of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:8. In this instance, is it the breadth of a "unified" curtain that is being specified, or of any individual curtain? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union. (And yes, all of the curtains were cut with the same dimensions.)
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 26, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:8 The length of one curtain shall be thirty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and the eleven curtains shall be all of one (echad) measure.
This is the third of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:8. In this instance, are all of these curtains to be cut to a "unified" measure[ment], or to the same measure[ment]? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of measurements, not to a united measurement.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 27, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:10 And thou shalt make fifty loops on the edge of the one (echad) curtain that is outmost in the coupling, and fifty loops in the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.
Does this verse speak of a "unified" curtain, or of an individual curtain "that is outmost in the coupling?" Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 1, as a quantity: 28, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:11 And thou shalt make fifty taches of brass, and put the taches into the loops, and couple the tent together, that it may be one (echad).
The last part of this verse probably means something like "...that it may be joined." Here, the word "echad" indicates a joining of two curtains, not a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 28, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:16 Ten cubits shall be the length of a board, and a cubit and a half shall be the breadth of one (echad) board.
Are these the dimensions of a "unified" board, or of any single board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 29, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one (echad) board, set in order one against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:17. Are these two tenons set in a "unified" board, or are they set in any single board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 30, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:17 Two tenons shall there be in one board, set in order one (echad) against another: thus shalt thou make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:17. Is this a "unified" board (or tenon) set next to another, or is it a single board (or tenon) set next to another? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 31, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one (echad) board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:19. Are two sockets to be set under a "unified" board, or under each individual board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union of boards.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 32, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:19 And thou shalt make forty sockets of silver under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another (echad) board for his two tenons.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:19. Again, are two sockets to be set under a "unified" board, or under each individual board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union of boards.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 33, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one (echad) board, and two sockets under another board.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:21. Are two sockets to be set under a "unified" board, or under each individual board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 34, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:21 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another (echad) board.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:21. Again, are two sockets to be set under a "unified" board, or under each individual board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not "unified" boards.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 35, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:24 And they shall be coupled together beneath, and they shall be coupled together above the head of it unto one (echad) ring: thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners.
When these boards are coupled together, are they coupled to a "unified" ring, or to a single ring? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of rings.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 36, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one (echad) board, and two sockets under another board.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:25. Are two sockets to be situated under some kind of "unified" board, or under each board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 37, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:25 And they shall be eight boards, and their sockets of silver, sixteen sockets; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another (echad) board.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 26:25. Again, are two sockets to be situated under some kind of "unified" board, or under each board? Here again, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 38, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 26:26 ¶ And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one (echad) side of the tabernacle,
Is this a "unified" side, or is it a single side of the four sides of the Tabernacle? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of sides, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 39, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 27:9 ¶ And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one (echad) side:
Does this describe a "unified" side of the court of the Tabernacle, or does it describe a single side of the four sides? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of sides, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 40, as an ordinal: 4
EXODUS 28:10 Six of their names on one (echad) stone, and the other six names of the rest on the other stone, according to their birth.
In this verse, the word for "other," as in "six names of the rest on the other stone," actually means "second." This implies an ordinal sequence of stones (i.e., 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.). Therefore, this verse could reasonably have been translated as "Six of their names on the first (echad) stone, and the other six names of the rest on the second stone..." Therefore, the word "echad" in this verse indicates an ordinal positioning within a group of stones. It indicates neither a union nor a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 40, as an ordinal: 5
EXODUS 28:17 And thou shalt set in it settings of stones, even four rows of stones: the first row shall be a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this shall be the first (echad) row.
Here, the word "echad" indicates the ordinal position of this row within a group of rows. It does not indicate either a union or a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 40, as an ordinal: 6
EXODUS 29:1 And this is the thing that thou shalt do unto them to hallow them, to minister unto me in the priest's office: Take one (echad) young bullock, and two rams without blemish,
Is this a "unified" bullock, or a single bullock? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of bullocks, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 41, as an ordinal: 6
EXODUS 29:3 And thou shalt put them into one (echad) basket, and bring them in the basket, with the bullock and the two rams.
Is this a "unified" basket, or a single basket? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of baskets, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 42, as an ordinal: 6
EXODUS 29:15 ¶ Thou shalt also take one (echad) ram; and Aaron and his sons shall put their hands upon the head of the ram.
Is this a "unified" ram, or is this a single ram? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of rams, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 43, as an ordinal: 6
EXODUS 29:23 And one (echad) loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
This is the first of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 29:23. Is this a "unified" loaf, or a single loaf of bread that is to be removed from the basket? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of loaves, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 44, as an ordinal: 6
EXODUS 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and one (echad) cake of oiled bread, and one wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
This is the second of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 29:23. Is this a "unified" cake, or a single cake of oiled bread that is to be removed from this basket? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of cakes, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 45, as an ordinal: 6
EXODUS 29:23 And one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one (echad) wafer out of the basket of the unleavened bread that is before the LORD:
This is the third of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 29:23. Is this a "unified" wafer, or a single wafer that is to be removed from this basket? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of wafers, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 46, as an ordinal: 6
EXODUS 29:39 The one (echad) lamb thou shalt offer in the morning; and the other lamb thou shalt offer at even:
In this verse, the word "other," as in "and the other lamb," means "second." This verse could reasonably have been translated as "The first lamb thou shalt offer in the morning, and the second lamb thou shalt offer at even." In this verse, the word "echad" indicates its ordinal sequence within a group of (two) lambs. It indicates neither a union nor a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 46, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 29:40 And with the one (echad) lamb a tenth deal of flour mingled with the fourth part of an hin of beaten oil; and the fourth part of an hin of wine for a drink offering.
Is this flour and oil to be offered with a "unified" lamb, or a single lamb? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union (although it will be the same amount for the other lamb spoken of in verse 41).
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 47, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once (echad) in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 30:10. Atonement is made upon the altar one single time each year. Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of annual events, not to any kind of union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 48, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 30:10 And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once (echad) in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 30:10. Again, atonement is made upon the altar one single time each year. Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of annual events, not to any kind of union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 49, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 33:5 For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a (echad) moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.
(It may be difficult to see here, but the Hebrew word "echad" was translated into English as the word "a"). Did the LORD threaten to destroy the children of Israel in a "unified" moment, or in a single point in time? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of units of time, not a "unified" moment.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 50, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:9 The length of one (echad) curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
This is the first of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:9. Is this a "unified" curtain, or a single curtain that was twenty-eight cubits long? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of curtains, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 51, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one (echad) curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one size.
This is the second of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:9. Again, is this a "unified" curtain, or a single curtain that is four cubits wide? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of curtains, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 52, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:9 The length of one curtain was twenty and eight cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: the curtains were all of one (echad) size.
This is the third of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:9. Was the length and width of all of the curtains of some kind of "unified" size, or were they all of the same size? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of sizes, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 53, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one (echad) unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one unto another.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:10. Was it a "unified" curtain of five that was attached to the next curtain, or was a single curtain attached to the next. Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of curtains, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 54, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:10 And he coupled the five curtains one unto another: and the other five curtains he coupled one (echad) unto another.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:10. Was it a "unified" curtain of five that was attached to the next curtain, or was a single curtain attached to the next. Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of curtains, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 55, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:11 And he made loops of blue on the edge of one (echad) curtain from the selvedge in the coupling: likewise he made in the uttermost side of another curtain, in the coupling of the second.
Grammatically speaking, two curtains are referred to here. In one of these two curtains, he made loops of blue, and did likewise in the other curtain. Here, the word "echad" indicates a single curtain—a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 56, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:12 Fifty loops made he in one (echad) curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another.
This is the first of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:12. Grammatically speaking, two curtains are referred to here. In one of these two curtains, he made fifty loops, and did likewise in the other curtain. Here, the word "echad" indicates a single curtain—a quantity of curtains.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 57, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one (echad) curtain to another.
This is the second of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:12. Grammatically speaking, two curtains are referred to in the phrase "the loops held one curtain to another." Did these loops attach a "unified" curtain to the next, or did they attach a single curtain to the next? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of curtains, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 58, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:12 Fifty loops made he in one curtain, and fifty loops made he in the edge of the curtain which was in the coupling of the second: the loops held one curtain to another (echad).
This is the third of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:12. Grammatically speaking, two curtains are referred to in the phrase "the loops held one curtain to another." Did these loops attach the one curtain to a "unified" curtain, or did they attach the one curtain to a another single curtain? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 59, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one (echad) unto another with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
This is the first of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:13. Grammatically speaking, two objects (curtains) are present in the phrase "one unto another." Are these taches used to connect a "unified" curtain to "another" curtain, or are they used to connect a single curtain to another? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of curtains, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 60, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another (echad) with the taches: so it became one tabernacle.
This is the second of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:13. Grammatically speaking, two objects (curtains) are present in the phrase "one unto another." Were these taches used to connect the one curtain to a "unified" curtain, or were they used to connect to another individual curtain? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 61, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:13 And he made fifty taches of gold, and coupled the curtains one unto another with the taches: so it became one (echad) tabernacle.
This is the third of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:13. After assembly, did it become a "unified" tabernacle, or did it become a single Tabernacle? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of taberbacles, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 62, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:15 The length of one (echad) curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
This is the first of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:15. Is this the length of eleven "unified" curtains, or of each of the eleven individual curtains? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 63, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one (echad) curtain: the eleven curtains were of one size.
This is the second of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:15. Again, is this the breadth of eleven "unified" curtains, or of each one of eleven individual curtains? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 64, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:15 The length of one curtain was thirty cubits, and four cubits was the breadth of one curtain: the eleven curtains were of one (echad) size.
This is the third of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:15. Were the dimensions of these curtains of a "unified" size, or were they all of the same size? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of sizes, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 65, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:18 And he made fifty taches of brass to couple the tent together, that it might be one (echad).
After assembly, did it become a "unified" tent, or did it become a single tent? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of tents, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 66, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:22 One (echad) board had two tenons, equally distant one from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
This is the first of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:22. Was it a "unified" board that had two tenons, or did each individual board have two tenons? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 67, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one (echad) from another: thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
This is the second of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:22. Grammatically speaking, there are two objects (tenons) present in the phrase "one from another," and in this verse, there happens to be two tenons. Is this a "unified" tenon that is separated by a certain distance from the other, or is this one of the two tenons that is so from the other? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of tenons, not to a "unified" tenon.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 68, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:22 One board had two tenons, equally distant one from another (echad): thus did he make for all the boards of the tabernacle.
This is the third of three instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:22. Grammatically speaking, there are two objects (tenons) present in the phrase "one from another," and in this verse, there happens to be two tenons. Does this mean that one tenon is separated by a certain distance from a "unified" tenon, or is it separated from the other of the two tenons? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of tenons, not to a "unified" tenon.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 69, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one (echad) board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another board for his two tenons.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:24. Although this describes a repeated pattern for many boards, grammatically speaking, two boards are referred to in this verse. Were there two sockets in a "unified" board, or are there two sockets in each board for the tenons? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 70, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:24 And forty sockets of silver he made under the twenty boards; two sockets under one board for his two tenons, and two sockets under another (echad) board for his two tenons.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:24. Although this describes a repeated pattern for many boards, grammatically speaking, two boards are referred to in this verse. Again, were there two sockets in a "unified" board, or are there two sockets in each board for the tenons? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 71, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one (echad) board, and two sockets under another board.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:26. Although this indicates a repeated pattern for many boards, grammatically speaking, two boards are referred to in this verse. Are these two sockets under a "unified" board, or under a single board? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 72, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:26 And their forty sockets of silver; two sockets under one board, and two sockets under another (echad) board.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 36:26. Although this indicates a repeated pattern for many boards, grammatically speaking, two boards are referred to in this verse. Are these two sockets under a "unified" board, or are they under a single board? Here too, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 73, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:29 And they were coupled beneath, and coupled together at the head thereof, to one (echad) ring: thus he did to both of them in both the corners.
Were these boards coupled to a "unified" ring, or to a single ring? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of rings, not a "unified" ring.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 74, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:30 And there were eight boards; and their sockets were sixteen sockets of silver, under every (echad) board two sockets.
Did a "unified" board get two sockets, or did each of the eight boards get two sockets? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of boards receiving two sockets, not a union of boards.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 75, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 36:31 ¶ And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one (echad) side of the tabernacle,
Is this a "unified" side of the Tabernacle, or is this a single side? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity, not a union of sides.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 76, as an ordinal: 7
EXODUS 37:3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one (echad) side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it.
In this verse, the original Hebrew word for "other," as in "and two rings upon the other side of it," means "second." This verse could reasonably have been translated as "...even two rings upon the first (echad) side of it, and two rings upon the second side of it." Here, the word "echad" indicates the ordinal position of this side within a group of sides. It indicates neither a union nor a quantity of sides.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 76, as an ordinal: 8
EXODUS 37:8 One (echad) cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 37:8. Was a "unified" cherub "on this side," or was a single cherub there? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of cherubs, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 77, as an ordinal: 8
EXODUS 37:8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another (echad) cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 37:8. Was a "united" cherub "on the other end," or was a single cherub there? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of cherubs, not a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 78, as an ordinal: 8
EXODUS 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one (echad) branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
This is the first of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 37:19. This is part of the description of the Menorah that was constructed. Are three such bowls made in a "unified" branch, or are they made in each of the six branches that proceeds out of the middle? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of branches, not a union of branches.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 79, as an ordinal: 8
EXODUS 37:19 Three bowls made after the fashion of almonds in one branch, a knop and a flower; and three bowls made like almonds in another (echad) branch, a knop and a flower: so throughout the six branches going out of the candlestick.
This is the second of two instances of the word "echad" in Exodus 37:19. This is part of the description of the Menorah that was constructed. Once again, are three such bowls made in a "unified" branch, or are they made in each of the six branches that proceeds out of the middle? Here, the word "echad" indicates a quantity of branches, not a union of branches.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 80, as an ordinal: 8
EXODUS 37:22 Their knops and their branches were of the same: all of it was one (echad) beaten work of pure gold.
This is part of the description of the Menorah. Was the Menorah made of several "unified" pieces, or was it one single piece made of pure gold by a beaten process? Here, the word "echad" refers not to a union of pieces, but to a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 81, as an ordinal: 8
EXODUS 39:10 And they set in it four rows of stones: the first row was a sardius, a topaz, and a carbuncle: this was the first (echad) row.
Are these stones in a "unified" row, or in the first of a sequence of rows. Here, the word "echad" indicates an ordinal position within a group of rows (first, second, third, etc.), and therefore indicates neither a quantity, nor a union.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 81, as an ordinal: 9
EXODUS 40:2 On the first day of the first (echad) month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
(In the first instance of the word "first," as in, "on the first day...," the Hebrew word "echad" is not used—a different word is used at that point). Was the Tabernacle set up during a "unified" month, or during the first of a sequence of months? Here, the word "echad" indicates an ordinal position within a sequence (first, second, third, etc.), and is therefore neither a union nor a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 81, as an ordinal: 10
EXODUS 40:17 ¶ And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first (echad) day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up.
Was the Tabernacle reared up during a "unified" day of the month, or during the first of a sequence of days? Here, the word "echad" indicates an ordinal position within a sequence (first, second, third, etc.), and is therefore neither a union nor a quantity.
Subtotal for Exodus: Echad as a union: 2, as a quantity: 81, as an ordinal: 11
Running total of the uses of the Hebrew word "echad" in the book of Exodus: The word "echad" was used as a union of several nouns on 2 occasions, as a quantity of nouns on 81 occasions, and was used to indicate an ordinal position on 11 occasions.
When these sums are added those of books previous to Exodus, we get the following sums:
| as a Union |
as a Quantity |
as an Ordinal |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Genesis | 1 | 40 | 5 |
| Exodus | 2 | 81 | 11 |
| Leviticus | - | - | - |
| Numbers | - | - | - |
| Deuteronomy | - | - | - |
| Total (thus far): | 3 | 121 | 16 |