Numbers 7

¹ It came to be on the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle that he anointed it and hallowed it and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its furnishings. When he had anointed them and hallowed them, ² then the princes of Israel (the heads of their fathers' house, they, princes of the twelve stocks, they who had been standing over the ones being mustered) made an offering ³ and brought their approach present before Yahweh: six coach carts and twelve oxen, a cart for two of the princes and a bull for each one. They brought them near before the tabernacle. ⁴ Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying: ⁵ "Take them from them so that they will come to serve for the service of the tent of appointment, and give them to the Levites, to each man corresponding to his service." ⁶ So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites. ⁷ Two of the carts and four of the oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon corresponding to their service, ⁸ and four of the carts and eight of the oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, corresponding to their service, by means of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ⁹ Yet to the sons of Kohath he gave none, for the carrier service of the holy of holies was on them; on their shoulders they carried it. ¹⁰ The princes made an offering for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed. The princes brought near their approach present before the altar. ¹¹ And Yahweh said to Moses: "One prince for one day, one prince for another day shall bring near their approach present for the dedication of the altar." ¹² The one bringing near his approach present on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, for the stock of Judah. ¹³ And his approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ¹⁴ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ¹⁵ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ¹⁶ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ¹⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁸ On the second day Nathanael son of Zuar, prince of Issachar made an offering. ¹⁹ He brought near his approach present, one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ²⁰ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ²¹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ²² one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ²³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Nathanael son of Zuar. ²⁴ On the third day it was the prince for the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon. ²⁵ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ²⁶ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ²⁷ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ²⁸ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ²⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Eliab son of Helon. ³⁰ On the fourth day it was the prince for the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur. ³¹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ³² one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ³³ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ³⁴ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ³⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Elizur son of Shedeur. ³⁶ On the fifth day it was the prince for the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ³⁷ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ³⁸ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ³⁹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁴⁰ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁴¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁴² On the sixth day it was the prince for the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Reuel. ⁴³ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁴⁴ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁴⁵ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁴⁶ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁴⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Eliasaph son of Reuel. ⁴⁸ On the seventh day it was the prince for the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁴⁹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁵⁰ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁵¹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁵² one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁵³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴ On the eighth day it was the prince for the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁵⁵ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁵⁶ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁵⁷ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁵⁸ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁵⁹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰ On the ninth day it was the prince for the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶¹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁶² one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁶³ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁶⁴ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering ⁶⁵ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶ On the tenth day it was the prince for the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁶⁷ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁶⁸ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁶⁹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁷⁰ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁷¹ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁷² On the eleventh day it was the day for the prince for the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ocran. ⁷³ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁷⁴ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁷⁵ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁷⁶ one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁷⁷ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Pagiel son of Ocran. ⁷⁸ On the twelfth day it was the day for the prince for the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan. ⁷⁹ His approach present was one silver dish, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver sprinkling bowl of seventy shekels by the shekel of the holy place, both of them full of flour mingled with oil for an approach present, ⁸⁰ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense, ⁸¹ one young bull (a calf of the herd), one ram, one year-old he-lamb for an ascent offering, ⁸² one hairy one of the goats for a sin offering, ⁸³ and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five year-old he-lambs. This was the approach present of Ahira son of Enan. ⁸⁴ This was the dedication offering of the altar on the day it was anointed by the princes of Israel: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, twelve gold spoons; ⁸⁵ a single silver dish weighed a hundred thirty shekels, a single sprinkling bowl weighed seventy shekels. All the silver of the vessels was two thousand four hundred shekels by the shekel of the holy place. ⁸⁶ The twelve gold spoons, full of incense, weighed ten shekels each, ten a spoon, by the shekel of the holy place. All the gold of the spoons was a hundred twenty shekels. ⁸⁷ All the oxen for the ascent offering were twelve young bulls, twelve rams, twelve year-old he-lambs with their approach present, and twelve hairy ones of the goats for a sin offering. ⁸⁸ And all the oxen of the sacrifice of peace offerings were twenty-four young bulls, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty year-old he-lambs. This was the dedication offering of the altar after it was anointed. ⁸⁹ Whenever Moses came into the tent of appointment to speak with Him then he would hear the voice of Yahweh speaking to him above the propitiatory shelter which was on the coffer of the testimony; it was from between the two cherubim that He spoke to him.