D E 1-3. Offerings of the princes.
F 4-9. Arrangement.
E 10. Offerings of the princes.
F 11-89. Arrangement.
1490 B.C.
Numbers 7)
1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had fully set up the tabernacle (= the dwelling place of Yahaveh), 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 (though their offerings were the same as the others, yet each is recorded separately), heads of the house of their fathers, who were the princes of the tribes, and were over them that were numbered, offered (= brought near):
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 dwelling place.
F i k 4,5-. Acceptance. Command.
l -5. Distribution. Command.
i k 6-. Acceptance. Obedience.
l -6-9. Distribution. Obedience.
4 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
5 "Take it of them, that they may perform the solemn service of the tent of the congregation;
and you shall give them to the Levites, to every man according to his service."
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen,
and gave them to the Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service:
8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the hand of
Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they
should bear upon their shoulders.
10 And the princes brought near for dedicating of the altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes brought near their approach offering before the altar.
F m¹ 11. Command. m² 12-89. Obedience.
11 And the Lord said to Moses (see 3:40), "They shall bring near their approach offering, each prince on his day, for the dedicating of the altar."
12 And he that brought near his approach offering the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the
tribe of Judah (the order is the same as in Chapter 2):
13: And his approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight thereof was an hundred and thirty shekels (approx. 65 oz.), one silver bowl of seventy shekels (35 oz.), after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them were full of fine flour mingled with oil for a gift
offering:
14 One spoon of ten shekels of gold (3 oz.), 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 approach offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethaneel the son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, did offer:
19 He brought near for his approach offering one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Nethaneel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the children of Zebulun, did offer:
25 His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Eliab the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, prince of the children of Reuben, did offer:
31 His approach offering was one silver bowl of the weight of an 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 gift
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 Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36 On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, prince of the children of Simeon, did offer:
37 His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel
(= Deguel, in 2:14 = Reguel. See note there and cp. 1:14), prince of the children of Gad, offered:
43 His approach offering was one silver bowl of the weight of an 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 gift
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 Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48 On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, prince of the children of Ephraim, offered:
49 His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day offered Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of the children of Manasseh:
55 His approach offering was one silver bowl of the weight of an 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 gift
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 Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, prince of the children of Benjamin, offered:
61 His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai,
prince of the children of Dan, offered:
67 His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ocran, prince of the children of Asher, offered:
73 His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Pagiel the son of Ocran.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the children of Naphtali, offered:
79 His approach offering was one silver bowl, the weight whereof was an 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 gift 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 Ahira 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 bowls of silver, twelve silver bowls, twelve spoons of gold:
85 Each bowl of silver weighing an hundred and thirty shekels, each bowl seventy: all the silver vessels weighed
two thousand and four hundred shekels (approx. 75 lbs.), 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 an hundred and twenty shekels (approx. 36 oz.).
87 All the oxen for the burnt offering were twelve bullocks, the rams twelve, the lambs of the first year
twelve, with their meal 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 tent of the meeting to speak with Him (Yahaveh, cp. v.11), then he heard the voice of One speaking to him from off the mercy seat (see Ex. 25:17) that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and He spoke to him.