Numbers 7-8New King James Version (NKJV)
Offerings of the Leaders
7 Now it came to pass, when Moses had finished
setting up the tabernacle, that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its
furnishings, and the altar and all its utensils; so he anointed them and
consecrated them. 2 Then the leaders of Israel, the
heads of their fathers’ houses, who were the leaders of the
tribes and over those who were numbered, made an offering. 3 And
they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve
oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders, and for each one an
ox; and they presented them before the tabernacle.
4 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying, 5 “Accept these from
them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tabernacle of meeting; and
you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to
his service.” 6 So Moses took the carts and the
oxen, and gave them to the Levites. 7 Two carts and
four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service; 8 and
four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their
service, under the authority[a] of Ithamar the son of
Aaron the priest. 9 But to the sons of Kohath he
gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy
things, which they carried on their shoulders.
10 Now the leaders offered the
dedication offering for the altar when it was anointed; so the
leaders offered their offering before the altar. 11 For
the Lord said to Moses, “They shall offer their offering, one leader
each day, for the dedication of the altar.”
12 And the one who offered his
offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab,
from the tribe of Judah. 13 His offering was one
silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and
thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil as a grain offering; 14 one gold pan of
ten shekels, full of incense; 15 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 16 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 17 and for the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of
Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethanel the son
of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering. 19 For his
offering he offered one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 20 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 21 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 22 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 23 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab the son of
Helon, leader of the children of Zebulun, presented an offering. 25 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 26 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 27 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 28 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings:
two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their first year.
This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elizur the son
of Shedeur, leader of the children of Reuben, presented an offering. 31 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 32 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 33 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 34 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 35 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Elizur the son of
Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son
of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon, presented an
offering. 37 His offering was one
silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and
thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil as a grain offering; 38 one gold pan of
ten shekels, full of incense; 39 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 40 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 41 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of
Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son
of Deuel,[b] leader of the children
of Gad, presented an offering. 43 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 44 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 45 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 46 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 47 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of
Deuel.
48 On the seventh day Elishama the
son of Ammihud, leader of the children of Ephraim, presented an
offering. 49 His offering was one
silver platter, the weight of which was one hundred and
thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed
with oil as a grain offering; 50 one gold pan of
ten shekels, full of incense; 51 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 52 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 53 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Elishama the son of
Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son
of Pedahzur, leader of the children of Manasseh, presented an offering. 55 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 56 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 57 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt offering; 58 one
kid of the goats as a sin offering; 59 and as the
sacrifice of peace offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five
male lambs in their first year. This was the offering of
Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of
Gideoni, leader of the children of Benjamin, presented an offering. 61 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 62 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 63 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 64 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 65 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Abidan the son of
Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son
of Ammishaddai, leader of the children of Dan, presented an offering. 67 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 68 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 69 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 70 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 71 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of
Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son
of Ocran, leader of the children of Asher, presented an offering. 73 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 74 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 75 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 76 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 77 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son
of Enan, leader of the children of Naphtali, presented an offering. 79 His
offering was one silver platter, the weight of which was one
hundred and thirty shekels, and one silver bowl of seventy
shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil as a grain offering; 80 one
gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense; 81 one
young bull, one ram, and one male lamb in its first year, as a burnt
offering; 82 one kid of the goats as a sin
offering; 83 and as the sacrifice of peace
offerings: two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five male lambs in their
first year. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84 This was the
dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel,
when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls, and twelve
gold pans. 85 Each silver platter weighed one
hundred and thirty shekels and each bowl seventy shekels. All
the silver of the vessels weighed two thousand four
hundred shekels, according to the shekel of the
sanctuary. 86 The twelve gold pans full of
incense weighed ten shekels apiece, according
to the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the pans weighed one
hundred and twenty shekels. 87 All the
oxen for the burnt offering were twelve young bulls, the rams
twelve, the male lambs in their first year twelve, with their grain offering,
and the kids of the goats as a sin offering twelve. 88 And
all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings were twenty-four bulls, the
rams sixty, the male goats sixty, and the lambs in their first year sixty.
This was the dedication offering for the
altar after it was anointed.
89 Now when Moses went into the
tabernacle of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice of One speaking to
him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the
Testimony, from between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.
Arrangement of the Lamps
8 And the Lord spoke to Moses,
saying: 2 “Speak to Aaron, and say to him, ‘When
you arrange the lamps, the seven lamps shall give light in front of the
lampstand.’” 3 And Aaron did so; he arranged the
lamps to face toward the front of the lampstand, as
the Lord commanded Moses. 4 Now this
workmanship of the lampstand was hammered gold; from its shaft
to its flowers it was hammered work. According to the pattern
which the Lord had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.
Cleansing and Dedication of the Levites
5 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying: 6 “Take the Levites from among the
children of Israel and cleanse them ceremonially. 7 Thus
you shall do to them to cleanse them: Sprinkle water of purification on them,
and let them shave all their body, and let them wash their clothes, and so make
themselves clean. 8 Then let them take a young bull
with its grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, and you shall take
another young bull as a sin offering. 9 And you
shall bring the Levites before the tabernacle of meeting, and you shall gather
together the whole congregation of the children of Israel. 10 So
you shall bring the Levites before the Lord, and the children of Israel
shall lay their hands on the Levites; 11 and Aaron
shall offer the Levites before the Lord like a wave
offering from the children of Israel, that they may perform the work of
the Lord. 12 Then the Levites shall lay their
hands on the heads of the young bulls, and you shall offer one as a sin
offering and the other as a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement
for the Levites.
13 “And you shall stand the Levites
before Aaron and his sons, and then offer them like a wave
offering to the Lord. 14 Thus you shall
separate the Levites from among the children of Israel, and the Levites shall
be Mine. 15 After that the Levites shall go in to
service the tabernacle of meeting. So you shall cleanse them and offer
them like a wave offering. 16 For
they are wholly given to Me from among the children of Israel;
I have taken them for Myself instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of
all the children of Israel. 17 For all the
firstborn among the children of Israel are Mine, both man
and beast; on the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I
sanctified them to Myself. 18 I have taken the
Levites instead of all the firstborn of the children of Israel. 19 And
I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the
children of Israel, to do the work for the children of Israel in the tabernacle
of meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Israel, that there be no
plague among the children of Israel when the children of Israel come near the
sanctuary.”
20 Thus Moses and Aaron and all the
congregation of the children of Israel did to the Levites; according to all
that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the children
of Israel did to them. 21 And the Levites purified
themselves and washed their clothes; then Aaron presented them like a
wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to
cleanse them. 22 After that the Levites went in to
do their work in the tabernacle of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as
the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.
23 Then the Lord spoke to
Moses, saying, 24 “This is what pertains to
the Levites: From twenty-five years old and above one may enter to perform
service in the work of the tabernacle of meeting; 25 and
at the age of fifty years they must cease performing this work, and shall work
no more. 26 They may minister with their brethren
in the tabernacle of meeting, to attend to needs, but they themselves shall
do no work. Thus you shall do to the Levites regarding their duties.”
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