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Numbers 7
1 Now on the day that Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle, he anointed it and consecrated it with all its furnishings and the altar and all its
utensils; he anointed them and consecrated them also.
2 Then the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' households, made an offering (they were the leaders
of the tribes; they were the ones who were over the numbered men).
3 When they brought their offering before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for
every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle.
4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
5 "Accept these things
from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."
6 So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.
7 Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service,
8 and four
carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
9 But he did not give any to
the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.
10 The leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar
when it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.
11 Then the Lord said to Moses, "Let them present their offering, one leader each
day, for the dedication of the altar."
12 Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;
13
and his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of
them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
14 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
15 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
16 one male goat for a sin offering;
17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
18 On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader
of Issachar, presented an offering;
19 he presented as his offering one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
20 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
21 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
22 one male goat for a sin offering;
23 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen,
five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
24 On the third day it was Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun;
25 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
26 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
27 one young bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
28 one male goat for a sin offering;
29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.
30 On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben;
31 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
32 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
33 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
34 one male goat for a sin offering;
35
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.
36 On
the fifth day it was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon;
37 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
38 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
39 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
40 one male goat for a sin offering;
41
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
42 On the sixth day it was Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the sons of Gad;
43 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
44 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
45 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
46 one male goat for a sin offering;
47
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
48 On
the seventh day it was Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim;
49 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
50 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
51 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
52 one male goat for a sin offering;
53
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.
54
On the eighth day it was Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh;
55 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
56 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
57 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
58 one male goat for a sin offering;
59
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.
60 On the ninth day it was Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the sons of Benjamin;
61 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
62 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
63 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
64 one male goat for a sin offering;
65
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.
66 On
the tenth day it was Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan;
67 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one
silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
68 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
69 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
70 one male goat for a sin offering;
71
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.
72 On the eleventh day it was Pagiel the son of Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher;
73 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty
shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
74 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
75 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
76 one male goat for a sin offering;
77
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.
78 On the twelfth day it was Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali;
79 his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels,
one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;
80 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;
81 one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;
82 one male goat for a sin offering;
83
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.
84 This
was the dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel when it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold pans,
85 each silver
dish weighing one hundred and thirty shekels and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the utensils was 2,400 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;
86 the
twelve gold pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans 120 shekels;
87 all the oxen for the
burnt offering twelve bulls, all the rams twelve, the male lambs one year old with their grain offering twelve, and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;
88 and all
the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings 24 bulls, all the rams 60, the male goats 60, the male lambs one year old 60. This was the dedication offering for the altar
after it was anointed.
89 Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the
ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.
Numbers 8
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
2 "Speak to Aaron and say
to him, 'When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will give light in the front of the lampstand.' "
3 Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the
front of the lampstand, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.
4 Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers it
was hammered work; according to the pattern which the Lord had showed Moses, so he made the lampstand.
5 Again the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
6 "Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and cleanse them.
7 "Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying water on them, and
let them use a razor over their whole body and wash their clothes, and they will be clean.
8 "Then let them take a bull with its grain offering, fine flour mixed
with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering.
9 "So you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting. You shall also assemble the whole
congregation of the sons of Israel,
10 and present the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands on the Levites.
11 "Aaron then
shall present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the Lord.
12 "Now the Levites
shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
13 "You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the Lord.
14 "Thus you shall separate
the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and the Levites shall be Mine.
15 "Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall
cleanse them and present them as a wave offering;
16 for they are wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel. I have taken them for Myself instead of every first
issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.
17 "For every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the
day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.
18 "But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.
19 "I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from
among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be
no plague among the sons of Israel by their coming near to the sanctuary."
20 Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel to the
Levites; according to all that the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.
21 The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin
and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.
22 Then after that the
Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons; just as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did
to them.
23 Now the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
24 "This is what applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform
service in the work of the tent of meeting.
25 "But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any more.
26 "They
may, however, assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, to keep an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning
their obligations."
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