Numbers 7
Offerings of the Leaders
7Now it happened on athe day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, that he banointed it and set it apart as holy with all its furnishings and the altar and all its utensils; he anointed them and set them apart as holy. 2Then athe leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ households, bbrought an offering near (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who 1were over the 2numbered men). 3And they brought their offering before Yahweh, six acovered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, and they brought them near before the tabernacle. 4Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 5“Accept these things from them, that they may be 1used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.” 6So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. 7Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to atheir service, 8and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to atheir service, under the 1direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest. 9But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was athe service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.
10And the leaders brought near the dedication offering 1for the altar 2when ait was anointed, so the leaders brought their offering near before the altar. 11Then Yahweh said to Moses, “Let them bring their offering near, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
12Now the one who brought his offering near on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah; 13and his offering was one silver 1,adish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, baccording to the 2shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 14one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense; 15one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 16aone male goat for a sin offering; 17and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of aNahshon the son of Amminadab.
18On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, brought an offering near; 19he brought near as his offering one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 20one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense; 21one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 22one male goat for a sin offering; 23and for the sacrifice of apeace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
24On the third day it was Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun; 25his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 26one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense; 27one bull from the herd, one ram, one amale lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 28one male goat for a sin offering; 29and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
30On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben; 31his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 32one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense; 33one bull from the herd, one ram, one amale lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 34one male goat for a sin offering; 35and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36On the fifth day it was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the sons of Simeon; 37his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 38one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense; 39one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 40one male goat for a sin offering; 41and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42On the sixth day it was aEliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the sons of Gad; 43his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of afine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 44one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense; 45aone bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 46one male goat for a sin offering; 47and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48On the seventh day it was aElishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim; 49his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 50one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of aincense; 51aone bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 52one male goat for a sin offering; 53and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54On the eighth day it was aGamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh; 55his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 56one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of aincense; 57one bull from the herd, one ram, one amale lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 58one male goat for a sin offering; 59and for the asacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60On the ninth day it was aAbidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the sons of Benjamin; 61his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 62one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of aincense; 63one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 64one male goat for a asin offering; 65and for the sacrifice of apeace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66On the tenth day it was aAhiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan; 67his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the ashekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 68one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of aincense; 69one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 70one male goat for a sin offering; 71and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72On the eleventh day it was aPagiel the son of Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher; 73his offering was one silver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 74one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of aincense; 75one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 76one male goat for a sin offering; 77and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
78On the twelfth day it was aAhira the son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali; 79his offering was one asilver dish whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver bowl of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; 80one gold pan of 10 shekels, full of incense; 81one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering; 82one male goat for a sin offering; 83and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84This was athe dedication offering 1for the altar from the leaders of Israel 2when bit was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold pans, 85each silver dish weighing 130 shekels and each bowl 70; all the silver of the utensils was 2,400 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary; 86the twelve gold pans, full of incense, weighing 10 shekels apiece, according to the ashekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans 120 shekels; 87all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, all the rams twelve, the male lambs one year old with their grain offering twelve, and the male goats for a sin offering twelve; 88and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings 24 bulls, all the rams 60, the male goats 60, the male lambs one year old 60. aThis was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.