Offering of wagons
1On the day Moses finished setting up the Holy Tent, he anointed and consecrated it with all its furniture, as well as the altar and all its equipment. When he had anointed and consecrated it all, 2the leaders of Israel made an offering; these were the heads of the clans, who were leaders of tribes and had supervised the census. 3They brought their offering before Yahweh: six covered wagons and twelve oxen, one wagon for every two leaders and one ox each. They brought them before the Holy Tent. 4Yahweh then spoke to Moses and said, 5“Accept these from them, and let them be set apart for the service of the Tent of Meeting. You are to give them to the Levites, to each as his duties require.”
6Moses took the wagons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites. 7To the sons of Gershon he gave two wagons and four oxen for the duties they had to perform. 8To the sons of Merari he gave four wagons and eight oxen, for the duties they had to perform under the direction of Ithamar, son of Aaron the priest. 9But to the sons of Kohath he gave none at all, because the sacred duty given to them had to be carried on their shoulders.
10The leaders then made an offering for the dedication of the altar, on the day it was anointed. They brought their offering before the altar, 11and Yahweh said to Moses, “Let the leaders each bring an offering each day for a period of twelve days for the dedication of the altar.”
12On the first day an offering was brought by Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. 13His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 14one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 15one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering; 16one goat for the sacrifice for sin; 17and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.
18On the second day an offering was brought by Nethanel son of Zuar, leader of Issachar. 19His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 20one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 21one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering, 22one goat for the sacrifice for sin, 23and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.
24On the third day an offering was brought by Eliab son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun. 25His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 26one golden bowl weighing 50 ounces, filled with incense, 27one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering; 28one goat for the sacrifice for sin, 29and for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon.
30On the fourth day an offering was brought by Elizur son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben. 31His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 32one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 33one young bull, one ram, and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering, 34one goat for the sacrifice for sin, 35and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.
36On the fifth day an offering was brought by Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai, leader of the sons of Simeon. 37His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 38one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 39one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering, 40one goat for the sacrifice for sin; 41and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.
42On the sixth day an offering was brought by Eliasaph son of Reuel, leader of the sons of Gad. 43His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 44one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 45one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering, 46one goat for sacrifice for sin, 47and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Eliasaph son of Reuel.
48On the seventh day an offering was brought by Elishama son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim. 49His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 50one golden bowl weighing four ounces filled with incense, 51one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering; 52one goat for the sacrifice for sin, 53and, for the peace offering, two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Elishama, son of Ammihud.
54On the eighth day an offering was brought by Gamaliel son of Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh. 55His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 56one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 57one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering: 58one goat for the sacrifice for sin; 59and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.
60On the ninth day an offering was brought by Abidan son of Gideoni, leader of the sons of Benjamin. 61His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 62one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 63one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering; 64one goat for the sacrifice for sin, 65and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.
66On the tenth day an offering was brought by Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan. 67His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled, for the grain offering, with fine flour mixed with oil, 68one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 69one young bull, one ram, and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering, 70one goat for the sacrifice for sin, 71and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.
72On the eleventh day an offering was brought by Pagiel son of Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher. 73His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 74one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 75one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering; 76one goat for the sacrifice for sin; 77and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.
78On the twelfth day an offering was brought by Ahira son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali. 79His offering was: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces, one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 30 ounces by the official standard, both of them filled for the grain offering with fine flour mixed with oil, 80one golden bowl weighing four ounces, filled with incense, 81one young bull, one ram and one male one-year-old lamb for the burnt offering; 82one goat for the sacrifice for sin, 83and, for the peace offering: two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five male one-year-old lambs. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.
84These were the offerings made by the leaders of Israel for the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed: twelve silver bowls, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, and twelve golden bowls. 85Each silver bowl weighed 50 ounces, and each sprinkling bowl 30 ounces, the silver of these objects weighing in all 60 pounds. 86The twelve golden bowls filled with incense weighed four ounces each, the gold of these bowls weighing in all 48 ounces.
87The sum total of animals for the burnt offering: twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male one-year-old lambs, together with their accompanying grain offering. For the sacrifice for sin, twelve goats. 88The sum total of animals for the peace offering: twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, and sixty male one-year-old lambs.
89These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar, after it had been anointed.
90When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the Mercy Seat which was on the Ark of the Covenant, from between the two cherubim.
