Numbers 7
The leaders of the twelve tribes of Israel each offered gifts to the Lord for the dedication of the altar, with each leader offering the same items: a silver dish, a silver bowl, a gold mortar, an ox, a ram, a lamb, a goat for sin, and multiple animals for peace offerings. The gifts were given over a period of twelve days, with one leader offering each day. The total gifts included twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold mortars, twelve oxen, twelve rams, twelve lambs, twelve goats for sin, twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty goats, and sixty lambs for peace offerings. After the offerings, Moses entered the tabernacle to consult the oracle and heard the voice of the Lord speaking to him from the propitiatory.
1Now it happened in the day when Moses completed the tabernacle, and he set it up, and he anointed and sanctified it with all of its vessels, and similarly the altar and all of its vessels2that the leaders of Israel and the heads of the families, who were in each tribe and who were in charge of those who had been numbered, offere3their gifts in the sight of the Lord: six covered wagons with twelve oxen. Two leaders offered one wagon, and each offered one ox, and they offered these in the sight of the tabernacle4Then the Lord said to Moses5"Receive these things from them, in order to serve in the ministry of the tabernacle, and you shall deliver them to the Levites, according to the order of their ministry.6And so Moses, having received the wagons and the oxen, delivered them to the Levites7Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to what they needed8The other four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their offices and service, under the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest9But to the sons of Kohath he gave no wagons or oxen, because they serve in the Sanctuary and they carry their burdens on their shoulders10Therefore, the leaders offered, at the dedication of the altar on the day when it was anointed, their oblation before the altar11And the Lord said to Moses: "Let each of the leaders, on each of the days, offer their gifts for the dedication of the altar.12On the first day, Nahshon, the son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah, offered his oblation13And in it were these: a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, according to the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice14a little mortar made from ten shekels of gold, filled with incense15an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust16and a he-goat for sin17and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab18On the second day, Nathanael, the son of Zuar, the leader of the tribe of Issachar, offered19a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, according to the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice20a little mortar of gold having ten shekels, filled with incense21an ox from the herd, and a ram, and one-year-old lamb as a holocaust22and a he-goat for sin23and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Nathanael, the son of Zuar24On the third day, the leader of the sons of Zebulon, Eliab the son of Helon25offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice26a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense27an ox from the herd, and a ram, and one-year-old lamb as a holocaust28and a he-goat for sin29and for the sacrifice of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This is the oblation of Eliab the son of Helon30On the fourth day, the leader of the sons of Ruben, Elizur the son of Shedeur31offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice32a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense33an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust34and a he-goat for sin35and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Elizur, the son of Shedeur36On the fifth day, the leader of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai37offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice38a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense39an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust40and a he-goat for sin41and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai42On the sixth day, the leader of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph the son of Reuel43offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice44a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense45an ox from the herd, and a ram, and one-year-old lamb as a holocaust46and a he-goat for sin47and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Eliasaph, the son of Reuel48On the seventh day, the leader of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama the son of Ammihud49offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice50a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense51an ox from the herd, and a ram, and one-year-old lamb as a holocaust52and a he-goat for sin53and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Elishama, the son of Ammihud54On the eighth day, the leader of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur55offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice56a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense57an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust58and a he-goat for sin59and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur60On the ninth day, the leader of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan the son of Gideoni61offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice62a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense63an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust64and a he-goat for sin65and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Abidan, the son of Gideoni66On the tenth day, the leaders of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai67offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice68a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense69an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust70and a he-goat for sin71and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai72On the eleventh day, the leader of the sons of Asher, Pagiel the son of Ochran73offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice74a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense75an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust76and a he-goat for sin77and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Pagiel, the son of Ochran78On the twelfth day, the leader of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira the son of Enan79offered a silver dish weighing one hundred thirty shekels, a silver bowl having seventy shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary, and both were filled with fine wheat flour sprinkled with oil as a sacrifice80a little mortar of gold weighing ten shekels, filled with incense81an ox from the herd, and a ram, and a one-year-old lamb as a holocaust82and a he-goat for sin83and for victims of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, and five one-year-old lambs. This was the oblation of Ahira, the son of Enan84These were the oblations from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar on the day when it was consecrated: twelve dishes of silver, twelve bowls of silver, twelve little mortars of gold85such that each dish had one hundred thirty shekels of silver, and each bowl had seventy shekels, that is, putting all of the vessels from silver together, two thousand four hundred shekels, by the weight of the Sanctuary86and twelve little mortars of gold, filled with incense, weighing ten shekels by the weight of the Sanctuary, that is, all together one hundred twenty shekels of gold87and twelve oxen from the herd as a holocaust, twelve rams, twelve one-year-old lambs, with their libations, and twelve he-goats for sin88and for victims of peace offerings: twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, and sixty one-year-old lambs. These were the oblations for the dedication of the altar, when it was anointed89And when Moses entered into the tabernacle of the covenant, to consult the oracle, he heard the voice of One speaking to him from the propitiatory, which is over the ark of the testimony between the two cherubims, and there he also spoke to him
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