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Text -- Numbers 7:1-43 (NET)
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The Leader’s Offerings
7:1 When Moses had completed setting up the tabernacle , he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings , and he anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils .
7:2 Then the leaders of Israel , the heads of their clans , made an offering . They were the leaders of the tribes ; they were the ones who had been supervising the numbering .
7:3 They brought their offering before the Lord , six covered carts and twelve oxen – one cart for every two of the leaders , and an ox for each one ; and they presented them in front of the tabernacle .
The Distribution of the Gifts
7:4 Then the Lord spoke to Moses :
7:5 “Receive these gifts from them, that they may be used in doing the work of the tent of meeting ; and you must give them to the Levites , to every man as his service requires.”
7:6 So Moses accepted the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites .
7:7 He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites , as their service required;
7:8 and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites , as their service required, under the authority of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest .
7:9 But to the Kohathites he gave none , because the service of the holy things , which they carried on their shoulders , was their responsibility.
The Time of Presentation
7:10 The leaders offered gifts for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed . And the leaders presented their offering before the altar .
7:11 For the Lord said to Moses , “They must present their offering , one leader for each day , for the dedication of the altar .”
The Tribal Offerings
7:12 The one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab , from the tribe of Judah .
7:13 His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels , and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels , both according to the sanctuary shekel , each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering ;
7:14 one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense ;
7:15 one young bull , one ram , and one male lamb in its first year , for a burnt offering ;
7:16 one male goat for a purification offering ;
7:17 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings : two bulls , five rams , five male goats , and five male lambs in their first year . This was the offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab .
7:18 On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar , leader of Issachar , presented an offering.
7:19 He offered for his offering one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 , both according to the sanctuary shekel , each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering ;
7:20 one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense ;
7:21 one young bull , one ram , and one male lamb in its first year , for a burnt offering ;
7:22 one male goat for a purification offering ;
7:23 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings : two bulls , five rams , five male goats , and five male lambs in their first year . This was the offering of Nethanel son of Zuar .
7:24 On the third day Eliab son of Helon , leader of the Zebulunites , presented an offering.
7:25 His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels , both according to the sanctuary shekel , each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering ;
7:26 one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense ;
7:27 one young bull , one ram , and one male lamb in its first year , for a burnt offering ;
7:28 one male goat for a purification offering ;
7:29 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings : two bulls , five rams , five male goats , and five male lambs in their first year . This was the offering of Eliab son of Helon .
7:30 On the fourth day Elizur son of Shedeur , leader of the Reubenites , presented an offering.
7:31 His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels , both according to the sanctuary shekel , each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering ;
7:32 one gold pan weighing 10 shekels, full of incense ;
7:33 one young bull , one ram , and one male lamb in its first year , for a burnt offering ;
7:34 one male goat for a purification offering ;
7:35 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings : two bulls , five rams , five male goats , and five lambs in their first year . This was the offering of Elizur son of Shedeur .
7:36 On the fifth day Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai , leader of the Simeonites , presented an offering.
7:37 His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels , both according to the sanctuary shekel , each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering ;
7:38 one gold pan weighing 10 shekels ;
7:39 one young bull , one ram , and one male lamb in its first year , for a burnt offering ;
7:40 one male goat for a purification offering ;
7:41 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings : two bulls , five rams , five male goats , and five lambs in their first year . This was the offering of Sheloumiel son of Zurishaddai .
7:42 On the sixth day Eliasaph son of Deuel , leader of the Gadites , presented an offering.
7:43 His offering was one silver platter weighing 130 shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing 70 shekels , both according to the sanctuary shekel , each of them full of fine flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering ;
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NET Notes: Num 7:1 This chapter belongs chronologically after Lev 8:11, because Aaron and his sons were not yet made the celebrants and officiants of the new shrine (com...
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NET Notes: Num 7:2 The form is the Qal active participle from the verb “to stand” (עָמַד, ’amad). The form describes thes...
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NET Notes: Num 7:3 For a discussion and drawings, see W. S. McCullough, IDB 1:540. But see also D. J. Wiseman, IBD 1:254.
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NET Notes: Num 7:5 The expression כְּפִי (kÿfi) is “according to the mouth of.” Here, it would say “according ...
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NET Notes: Num 7:10 Heb “offered,” but this is redundant and has been translated as “presented” for stylistic reasons. The same phrase occurs in v...
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NET Notes: Num 7:11 The distributive sense is achieved by repetition: “one leader for the day, one leader for the day.”
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NET Notes: Num 7:12 The tribe of Judah is listed first. It seems that it had already achieved a place of prominence based on the patriarchal promise of the Messiahship in...
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NET Notes: Num 7:13 The word “shekels” has been supplied in the translation for clarity. So also in vv. 19, 20, 25, 26, 31, 32, 37, 38, 43, 44, 49, 50, 55, 56...
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