Numbers 7

Offerings for the Dedication of the Altar
1	And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle, and had anointed it, and sanctified it, and all the instruments thereof, both the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed them, and sanctified them;
2	that the princes of Israel, heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered:
3	and they brought their offering before the LORD, six covered wagons, and twelve oxen; a wagon for two of the princes, and for each one an ox: and they brought them before the tabernacle.
4	And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
5	Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to his service.
6	And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto the Levites.
7	Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
8	and four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of Mera’ri, according unto their service, under the hand of Ith’amar the son of Aaron the priest.
9	But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
10	And the princes offered for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes offered their offering before the altar.
11	And the LORD said unto Moses, They shall offer their offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar.
12	¶ And he that offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Ammin’adab, of the tribe of Judah:
13	and his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
14	one spoon of ten shekels of gold, full of incense:
15	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
16	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
17	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon the son of Ammin’adab.
18	¶ On the second day Nethan’e-el the son of Zu’ar, prince of Is’sachar, did offer:
19	he offered for his offering one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
20	one spoon of gold of ten shekels, full of incense:
21	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
22	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
23	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethan’e-el the son of Zu’ar.
24	¶ On the third day Eli’ab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zeb’ulun, did offer:
25	his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
26	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
27	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
28	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
29	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eli’ab the son of Helon.
30	¶ On the fourth day Eli’zur the son of Shede’ur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
31	his offering was one silver charger of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
32	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
33	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
34	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
35	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eli’zur the son of Shede’ur.
36	¶ On the fifth day Shelu’mi-el the son of Zurishad’dai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
37	his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
38	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
39	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
40	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
41	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelu’mi-el the son of Zurishad’dai.
42	¶ On the sixth day Eli’asaph the son of Deu’el, prince of the children of Gad, offered:
43	his offering was one silver charger of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, a silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
44	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
45	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
46	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
47	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eli’asaph the son of Deu’el.
48	¶ On the seventh day Elish’ama the son of Ammi’hud, prince of the children of E’phra-im, offered:
49	his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
50	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
51	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
52	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
53	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elish’ama the son of Ammi’hud.
54	¶ On the eighth day offered Gama’li-el the son of Pedah’zur, prince of the children of Manas’seh:
55	his offering was one silver charger of the weight of a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
56	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
57	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
58	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
59	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gama’li-el the son of Pedah’zur.
60	¶ On the ninth day Ab’idan the son of Gide-o’ni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
61	his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
62	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
63	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
64	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
65	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ab’idan the son of Gide-o’ni.
66	¶ On the tenth day Ahi-e’zer the son of Ammishad’dai, prince of the children of Dan, offered:
67	his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
68	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
69	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
70	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
71	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahi-e’zer the son of Ammishad’dai.
72	¶ On the eleventh day Pag’i-el the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
73	his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
74	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
75	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
76	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
77	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pag’i-el the son of Ocran.
78	¶ On the twelfth day Ahi’ra the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naph’tali, offered:
79	his offering was one silver charger, the weight whereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a meat offering:
80	one golden spoon of ten shekels, full of incense:
81	one young bullock, one ram, one lamb of the first year, for a burnt offering:
82	one kid of the goats for a sin offering:
83	and for a sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he goats, five lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahi’ra the son of Enan.
84	¶ This was the dedication of the altar, in the day when it was anointed, by the princes of Israel: twelve chargers of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
85	each charger of silver weighing a hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed two thousand and four hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary:
86	the golden spoons were twelve, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary: all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels.
87	All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year twelve, with their meat offering: and the kids of the goats for sin offering twelve.
88	And all the oxen for the sacrifice of the peace offerings were twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he goats sixty, the lambs of the first year sixty. This was the dedication of the altar, after that it was anointed.
89	¶ And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spake unto him.

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