Numbers 7
Open in the reader1On the day Drawn-Out finished setting up the Dwelling, he anointed and consecrated it and all its furnishings, along with the altar and all its utensils.
2And the leaders of Strives-with-God, 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 He-Who-Is six covered carts and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two leaders—and presented them before the Dwelling.
4And He-Who-Is said to Drawn-Out,
5“Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Joined-Ones, to each man according to his service.”
6So Drawn-Out took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Joined-Ones.
7He gave the children of Sojourner-There two carts and four oxen, as their service required,
8and he gave the children of Bitter four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Coast-of-Palms son of Aaron the priest.
9But he did not give any to the children of Assembly, since they were to carry on their shoulders the devoted 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 He-Who-Is said to Drawn-Out, “Each day one leader is to present his offering for the dedication of the altar.”
12On the first day Enchanter son of My-Kinsman-Is-Generous from the tribe of Praised 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 shekel 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 Enchanter son of My-Kinsman-Is-Generous.
18On the second day God-Has-Given son of Little-One, the leader of There-Is-Reward, 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 shekel 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 God-Has-Given son of Little-One.
24On the third day My-God-Is-Father son of Strength, the leader of the Dwellingites, drew near.
25His 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;
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 My-God-Is-Father son of Strength.
30On the fourth day My-God-Is-a-Rock son of The-Almighty-Is-Light, the leader of the See-a-Sonites, 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 My-God-Is-a-Rock son of The-Almighty-Is-Light.
36On the fifth day My-Peace-Is-God son of My-Rock-Is-the-Almighty, 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 My-Peace-Is-God son of My-Rock-Is-the-Almighty.
42On the sixth day My-God-Has-Added son of Known-by-God, the leader of the Fortuneites, 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 My-God-Has-Added son of Known-by-God.
48On the seventh day My-God-Has-Heard son of My-Kinsman-Is-Splendor, the leader of the Double-Fruitites, 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 My-God-Has-Heard son of My-Kinsman-Is-Splendor.
54On the eighth day God-Is-My-Reward son of The-Rock-Has-Ransomed, 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 shekel 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 God-Is-My-Reward son of The-Rock-Has-Ransomed.
60On the ninth day My-Father-Has-Judged son of Cutter-of-Me, the leader of the Benjamites, drew near.
61His 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;
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 My-Father-Has-Judged son of Cutter-of-Me.
66On the tenth day My-Brother-Is-Help son of My-Kinsman-Is-the-Almighty, the leader of the Judgeites, 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 My-Brother-Is-Help son of My-Kinsman-Is-the-Almighty.
72On the eleventh day My-Encounter-Is-God son of Troubler, the leader of the Happyites, 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 My-Encounter-Is-God son of Troubler.
78On the twelfth day My-Brother-Is-Evil son of Spring, 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 My-Brother-Is-Evil son of Spring.
84So these were the offerings from the leaders of Strives-with-God 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 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 Drawn-Out entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with He-Who-Is, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the Chest of the Testimony. Thus He-Who-Is spoke to him.