Chapter 7
1 And it came to pass on the day that Moses had made an end
of setting up the tabernacle, and had anointed it and sanctified it, and all the
furniture thereof, and the altar and all the vessels thereof, and had anointed
them and sanctified them;
2 that the princes of Israel, the heads of their fathers'
houses, offered--these were the princes of the tribes, these are they that were
over them that were numbered.
3 And they brought their offering before HaShem, six covered
wagons, and twelve oxen: a wagon for every two of the princes, and for each one
an ox; and they presented them before the tabernacle.
4 And HaShem spoke unto Moses, saying:
5 'Take it of them, that they may be to do the service of the
tent of meeting; and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man
according to his service.'
6 And Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them unto
the Levites.
7 Two wagons and four oxen he gave unto the sons of Gershon,
according to their service.
8 And four wagons and eight oxen he gave unto the sons of
Merari, according unto their service, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron
the priest.
9 But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the
service of the holy things belonged unto them: they bore them upon their
shoulders.
10 And the princes brought the dedication-offering of the
altar in the day that it was anointed, even the princes brought their offering
before the altar.
11 And HaShem said unto Moses: 'They shall present their
offering each prince on his day, for the dedication of the altar.'
12 And he that presented his offering the first day was
Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
13 and his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof
was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
14 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
15 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
16 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
17 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of
Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, prince of
Issachar, did offer:
19 he presented for his offering one silver dish, the weight
thereof was a hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels,
after the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with
oil for a meal-offering;
20 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
21 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
22 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
23 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of
Nethanel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, prince of the
children of Zebulun:
25 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
26 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
27 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
28 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
29 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-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:
31 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
32 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
33 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
34 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
35 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-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:
37 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
38 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
39 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
40 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
41 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-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, prince of the
children of Gad:
43 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
44 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
45 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
46 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
47 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-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:
49 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
50 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
51 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
52 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
53 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of
Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54 On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, prince of
the children of Manasseh:
55 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
56 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
57 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
58 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
59 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lamb 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:
61 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
62 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
63 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
64 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
65 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-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:
67 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
68 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
69 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
70 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
71 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of
Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, prince of
the children of Asher:
73 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
74 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
75 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
76 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
77 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of
Pagiel the son of Ochran.
78 On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, prince of the
children of Naphtali:
79 his offering was one silver dish, the weight thereof was a
hundred and thirty shekels, one silver basin of seventy shekels, after the
shekel of the sanctuary; both of them full of fine flour mingled with oil for a
meal-offering;
80 one golden pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
81 one young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year,
for a burnt-offering;
82 one male of the goats for a sin-offering;
83 and for the sacrifice of peace-offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year. This was the offering of
Ahira the son of Enan.
84 This was the dedication-offering of the altar, in the day
when it was anointed, at the hands of the princes of Israel: twelve silver
dishes, twelve silver basins, twelve golden pans;
85 each silver dish weighing a hundred and thirty shekels,
and each basin seventy; all the silver of the vessels two thousand and four
hundred shekels, after the shekel of the sanctuary;
86 twelve golden pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels
apiece, after the shekel of the sanctuary; all the gold of the pans a hundred
and twenty shekels;
87 all the oxen for the burnt-offering twelve bullocks, the
rams twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, and their meal-offering; and
the males of the goats for a sin-offering twelve;
88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace-offerings
twenty and four bullocks, the rams sixty, the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of
the first year sixty. This was the dedication-offering of the altar, after that
it was anointed.
89 And when Moses went into the tent of meeting that He might
speak with him, then he heard the Voice speaking unto him from above the
ark-cover that was upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim;
and He spoke unto him.
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