Chapter 7
1On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings along with the altar and all its utensils.
2And the leaders of Israel, the heads of their families, presented an offering. These [men] were the tribal leaders who had supervised the registration.
3They brought as their offering before AO six covered carts and twelve oxen—and a cart from every two leaders—an ox from each [leader] and presented them before the tabernacle.
4And AO said to Moses,
5“Accept these [gifts] from them that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites Ephrathites, to each man according to his service.”
6So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites Ephrathites.
7He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen as their service required
8and four carts and eight oxen he gave the Merarites as their service required all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
9But he did not give [any] to the Kohathites since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
10When [the altar] was anointed, the leaders approached with their offerings for [its] dedication [and] presented them before the altar.
11And AO said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
12On the first day Nahshon, son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah, drew near with his offering.
13His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
14one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
15one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
16one male goat for a sin offering,
17and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nahshon, son of Amminadab.
18On the second day Nethanel, son of Zuar the leader of Issachar, drew near.
19The offering he presented was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
20one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
21one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
22one male goat for a sin offering
23and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Nethanel, son of Zuar.
24On the third day Eliab, son of Helon the leader of the Zebulunites, [drew near].
25His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one bowl weighing seventy silver shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
26one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
27one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
28one male goat for a sin offering,
29and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab, son of Helon.
30On the fourth day Elizur, son of Shedeur the leader of the Reubenites [drew near].
31His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
32one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
33one young bull, one ram, and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
34one male goat for a sin offering
35and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur, son of Shedeur.
36On the fifth day Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai the leader of the Simeonites [drew near].
37His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
38one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
39one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
40one male goat for a sin offering
41and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai.
42On the sixth day Eliasaph, son of Deuel the leader of the Gadites, [drew near].
43His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering
44one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
45one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
46one male goat for a sin offering
47and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph, son of Deuel.
48On the seventh day Elishama, son of Ammihud the leader of the Ephraimites, [drew near].
49His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
50one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
51one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
52one male goat for a sin offering
53and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama, son of Ammihud.
54On the eighth day Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur the leader of the Manassites [drew near].
55His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
56one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
57one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
58one male goat for a sin offering
59and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur.
60On the ninth day Abidan, son of Gideoni the leader of the Benjamites, [drew near].
61His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
62one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
63one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
64one male goat for a sin offering
65and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan, son of Gideoni.
66On the tenth day Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai the leader of the Danites, [drew near].
67His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
68one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
69one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
70one male goat for a sin offering,
71and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai.
72On the eleventh day Pagiel, son of Ocran the leader of the Asherites, [drew near].
73His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
74one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
75one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
76one male goat for a sin offering
77and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel, son of Ocran.
78On the twelfth day Ahira, son of Enan the leader of the Naphtalites, [drew near].
79His offering was one silver platter weighing a hundred and thirty [shekels] and one silver bowl weighing seventy shekels both according to the sanctuary shekel [and] filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering,
80one gold dish weighing ten [shekels] filled with incense,
81one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering,
82one male goat for a sin offering,
83and a peace offering of two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira, son of Ocran.
84[So] these [were the offerings] from the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver bowls and twelve gold dishes.
85Each silver platter weighed a hundred and thirty shekels and each [silver] bowl seventy [shekels]. The total weight of the silver articles [was] two thousand four hundred [shekels] according to the sanctuary shekel.
86The twelve gold dishes filled with incense [weighed] ten [shekels] each according to the sanctuary shekel. The total weight of the gold dishes [was] a hundred and twenty [shekels].
87All the livestock for the burnt offering totaled twelve young bulls, twelve rams and twelve male lambs a year old—together with their grain offerings—and twelve male goats for the sin offering.
88All the livestock sacrificed for the peace offering totaled twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats and sixty male lambs a year old. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.
89When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with [AO] he heard the voice speaking to him above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony from between the two cherubim. Thus [AO] spoke to him.