CHAPTER 7

¹And it happened on the day Moses finished setting up the Tabernacle, that he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings and the altar and all its furnishings, and he anointed them and consecrated them. ²And the chieftains of Israel—the heads of their fathers’ houses, they are the chieftains of the tribes, they are the ones who stand over the reckoning—³brought forward and set their offering before the LORD: six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two chieftains and an ox for each one, and they brought them before the Tabernacle. ⁴And the LORD said to Moses, saying, ⁵“Take from them, and they shall be for doing the work of the Tent of Meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, each man according to his work.” ⁶And Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites, ⁷the two wagons and the four oxen he gave to the Gershonites according to their work. ⁸And the four wagons and the eight oxen he gave to the Merarites according to their work in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ⁹And to the Kohathites he did not give, for the work of the sanctuary was upon them, on the shoulder did they carry. ¹⁰And the chieftains brought forward the dedication offering of the altar on the day it was anointed, and the chieftains brought forward their offering for the dedication of the altar. ¹¹And the LORD said to Moses, “One chieftain each day, one chieftain each day, shall offer his offerings for the dedication of the altar.” ¹²And the one who brought forward his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah. ¹³And his offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ¹⁴One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ¹⁵One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ¹⁶One goat for an offense offering. ¹⁷And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab. ¹⁸On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, chieftain of Issachar, brought forward his offering, ¹⁹and his offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ²⁰One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ²¹One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ²²One goat for an offense offering. ²³And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar. ²⁴On the third day, the chieftain of the Zebulunites, Eliab son of Helon. ²⁵His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ²⁶One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ²⁷One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ²⁸One goat for an offense offering. ²⁹And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Eliab son of Helon. ³⁰On the fourth day, the chieftain of the Reubenites, Elizur son of Shedeur. ³¹His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ³²One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ³³One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling sheep for the burnt offering. ³⁴One goat for an offense offering. ³⁵And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur. ³⁶On the fifth day, the chieftain of the Simeonites, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ³⁷His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ³⁸One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ³⁹One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁴⁰One goat for an offense ⁴¹And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai. ⁴²On the sixth day, the chieftain of the Gadites, Eliasaph son of Deuel. ⁴³His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ⁴⁴One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ⁴⁵One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁴⁶One goat for an offense offering. ⁴⁷And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel. ⁴⁸On the seventh day, the chieftain of the Ephraimites, Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁴⁹His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ⁵⁰One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ⁵¹One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁵²One goat for an offense offering. ⁵³And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Elishama son of Ammihud. ⁵⁴On the eighth day, the chieftain of the Manassites, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁵⁵His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ⁵⁶One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ⁵⁷One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁵⁸One goat for an offense offering. ⁵⁹And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur. ⁶⁰On the ninth day, the chieftain of the Benjaminites, Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶¹His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ⁶²One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ⁶³One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁶⁴One goat for an offense offering. ⁶⁵And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni. ⁶⁶On the tenth day, the chieftain of the Danites, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁶⁷His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ⁶⁸One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ⁶⁹One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁷⁰One goat for an offense offering. ⁷¹And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai. ⁷²On the eleventh day, the chieftain of the Asherites, Pagiel son of Ochran. ⁷³His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ⁷⁴One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ⁷⁵One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁷⁶One goat for an offense offering. ⁷⁷And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran. ⁷⁸On the twelfth day, the chieftain of the Naphtalites, Ahira son of Enan. ⁷⁹His offering was one silver bowl, a hundred thirty shekels its weight, one silver basin, seventy shekels by the sanctuary shekel, both of them filled with fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering. ⁸⁰One golden ladle of ten shekels filled with incense. ⁸¹One bull from the herd, one ram, one yearling lamb for the burnt offering. ⁸²One goat for an offense offering. ⁸³And for the communion sacrifice two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five yearling lambs. This is the offering of Ahira son of Enan. ⁸⁴This is the dedication offering of the altar on the day of its anointing from the chieftains of Israel: twelve silver bowls, twelve silver basins, twelve golden ladles, ⁸⁵one hundred thirty shekels each silver bowl and seventy each basin; all the silver of the vessels, two thousand four hundred by the sanctuary shekel. ⁸⁶Twelve golden ladles filled with incense, ten shekels the ladle by the sanctuary shekel; all the gold of the ladles, one hundred twenty shekels. ⁸⁷All the cattle for the burnt offering, twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve yearling lambs and their grain offering, and twelve goats for an offense offering. ⁸⁸And all the cattle for the communion sacrifice, twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty he-goats, sixty yearling lambs. This is the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.

⁸⁹And when Moses came into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the voice being spoken to him from above the covering that is over the Ark of the Covenant, from between the two cherubim, and He would speak to him.