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Numbers 7 :: New Living Translation (NLT)

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Offerings of Dedication
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:1 - On the day Moses set up the Tabernacle, he anointed it and set it apart as holy. He also anointed and set apart all its furnishings and the altar with its utensils.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:2 - Then the leaders of Israel—the tribal leaders who had registered the troops—came and brought their offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:3 - Together they brought six large wagons and twelve oxen. There was a wagon for every two leaders and an ox for each leader. They presented these to the LORD in front of the Tabernacle.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:4 - Then the LORD said to Moses,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Receive their gifts, and use these oxen and wagons for transporting the Tabernacle.[fn] Distribute them among the Levites according to the work they have to do.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:6 - So Moses took the wagons and oxen and presented them to the Levites.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonite division for their work,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - and he gave four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarite division for their work. All their work was done under the leadership of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9 - But he gave none of the wagons or oxen to the Kohathite division, since they were required to carry the sacred objects of the Tabernacle on their shoulders.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:10 - The leaders also presented dedication gifts for the altar at the time it was anointed. They each placed their gifts before the altar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:11 - The LORD said to Moses, “Let one leader bring his gift each day for the dedication of the altar.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:12 - On the first day Nahshon son of Amminadab, leader of the tribe of Judah, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:13 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds[fn] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:14 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces,[fn] which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:15 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:16 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:17 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Nahshon son of Amminadab.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:18 - On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of the tribe of Issachar, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:19 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:20 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:21 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:22 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:23 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Nethanel son of Zuar.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:24 - On the third day Eliab son of Helon, leader of the tribe of Zebulun, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:25 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:26 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:27 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:28 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:29 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Eliab son of Helon.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:30 - On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the tribe of Reuben, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:31 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:32 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:33 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:34 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:35 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Elizur son of Shedeur.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:36 - On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the tribe of Simeon, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:37 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:38 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:39 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:40 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:41 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:42 - On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel, leader of the tribe of Gad, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:43 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:44 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:45 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:46 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:47 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Eliasaph son of Deuel.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:48 - On the seventh day Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the tribe of Ephraim, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:49 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:50 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:51 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:52 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:53 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Elishama son of Ammihud.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:54 - On the eighth day Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the tribe of Manasseh, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:55 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:56 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:57 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:58 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:59 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:60 - On the ninth day Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the tribe of Benjamin, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:61 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:62 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:63 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:64 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:65 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Abidan son of Gideoni.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:66 - On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the tribe of Dan, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:67 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:68 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:69 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:70 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:71 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:72 - On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Ocran, leader of the tribe of Asher, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:73 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:74 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:75 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:76 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:77 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Pagiel son of Ocran.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:78 - On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali, presented his offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:79 - His offering consisted of a silver platter weighing 3¼ pounds and a silver basin weighing 1¾ pounds (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour moistened with olive oil.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:80 - He also brought a gold container weighing four ounces, which was filled with incense.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:81 - He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb for a burnt offering,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:82 - and a male goat for a sin offering.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:83 - For a peace offering he brought two bulls, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs. This was the offering brought by Ahira son of Enan.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:84 - So this was the dedication offering brought by the leaders of Israel at the time the altar was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:85 - Each silver platter weighed 3¼ pounds, and each silver basin weighed 1¾ pounds. The total weight of the silver was 60 pounds[fn] (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel).
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:86 - Each of the twelve gold containers that was filled with incense weighed four ounces (as measured by the weight of the sanctuary shekel). The total weight of the gold was three pounds.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:87 - Twelve young bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:88 - Twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one-year-old male lambs were donated for the peace offerings. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:89 - Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that rests on the Ark of the Covenant.[fn] The LORD spoke to him from there.
NLT Footnotes
Hebrew the Tent of Meeting; also in 7:89.
Hebrew silver platter weighing 130 shekels [1.5 kilograms] and a silver basin weighing 70 shekels [800 grams]; also in 7:19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 85.
Hebrew 10 shekels [114 grams]; also in 7:20, 26, 32, 38, 44, 50, 56, 62, 68, 74, 80, 86.
Hebrew 2,400 shekels [27.6 kilograms].
Hebrew 120 shekels [1.4 kilograms].
Or Ark of the Testimony.
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