On the day when Moses had finished setting up the tabernacle and
had anointed and consecrated it with all its furnishings and had
anointed and consecrated the altar with all its utensils, the
chiefs of Israel, heads of their fathers' houses, who were the
chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were listed,
approached and brought their offerings before the LORD, six wagons
and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two of the chiefs, and for each
one an ox. They brought them before the tabernacle. Then the LORD
said to Moses, “Accept these from them, that they may be used in
the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites,
to each man according to his service.” So Moses took the wagons and
the oxen and gave them to the Levites. Two wagons and four oxen he
gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service. And four
wagons 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. But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were
charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried
on the shoulder. And the chiefs offered offerings for the
dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed; and the chiefs
offered their offering before the altar. And the LORD said to
Moses, “They shall offer their offerings, one chief each day, for
the dedication of the altar.”
He who offered his offering the first day was Nahshon the son of
Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah. And his offering was one silver
plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10
shekels, full of incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male
lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin
offering; and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Nahshon the son of Amminadab.
On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, the chief of
Issachar, made an offering. He offered for his offering one silver
plate whose weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels,
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine
flour mixed with oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10
shekels, full of incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male
lamb a year old, for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin
offering; and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five
rams, five male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the
offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.
On the third day Eliab the son of Helon, the chief of the people
of Zebulun: his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130
shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a
grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense; one
bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the sacrifice
of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five
male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of
Helon.
On the fourth day Elizur the son of Shedeur, the chief of the
people of Reuben: his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elizur the
son of Shedeur.
On the fifth day Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, the chief of
the people of Simeon: his offering was one silver plate whose
weight was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according
to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour
mixed with oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels,
full of incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a
year old, for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering;
and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five
male goats, and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering
of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.
On the sixth day Eliasaph the son of Deuel, the chief of the
people of Gad: his offering was one silver plate whose weight was
130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph
the son of Deuel.
On the seventh day Elishama the son of Ammihud, the chief of the
people of Ephraim: his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Elishama
the son of Ammihud.
On the eighth day Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, the chief of the
people of Manasseh: his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel
the son of Pedahzur.
On the ninth day Abidan the son of Gideoni, the chief of the
people of Benjamin: his offering was one silver plate whose weight
was 130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Abidan the
son of Gideoni.
On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, the chief of the
people of Dan: his offering was one silver plate whose weight was
130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer
the son of Ammishaddai.
On the eleventh day Pagiel the son of Ochran, the chief of the
people of Asher: his offering was one silver plate whose weight was
130 shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the
shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with
oil for a grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of
incense; one bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old,
for a burnt offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the
sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats,
and five male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the
son of Ochran.
On the twelfth day Ahira the son of Enan, the chief of the people
of Naphtali: his offering was one silver plate whose weight was 130
shekels, one silver basin of 70 shekels, according to the shekel of
the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a
grain offering; one golden dish of 10 shekels, full of incense; one
bull from the herd, one ram, one male lamb a year old, for a burnt
offering; one male goat for a sin offering; and for the sacrifice
of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five
male lambs a year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of
Enan.
This was the dedication offering for the altar on the day when it
was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates,
twelve silver basins, twelve golden dishes, each silver plate
weighing 130 shekels and each basin 70, all the silver of the
vessels 2,400 shekels according to the shekel of the sanctuary, the
twelve golden dishes, full of incense, weighing 10 shekels apiece
according to the shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the
dishes being 120 shekels; all the cattle for the burnt offering
twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve male lambs a year old, with their
grain offering; and twelve male goats for a sin offering; and all
the cattle for the sacrifice of peace offerings twenty-four bulls,
the rams sixty, the male goats sixty, the male lambs a year old
sixty. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was
anointed.
And when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the
LORD, 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; and it spoke to him.
