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7:1 When <03117> <01961> Moses <04872> had completed <03615> setting up <06965> the tabernacle <04908>, he anointed <04886> it and consecrated <06942> it and all <03605> its furnishings <03627>, and he anointed <04886> and consecrated <06942> the altar <04196> and all <03605> its utensils <03627>. 7:2 Then the leaders <05387> of Israel <03478>, the heads <07218> of their <01> clans <01004>, made an offering <07126>. They were <01992> the leaders <05387> of the tribes <04294>; they were <01992> the ones <05975> who had been supervising <05975> the numbering <06485>. 7:3 They brought <0935> their offering <07133> before <06440> the Lord <03068>, six <08337> covered <06632> carts <05699> and twelve <06240> oxen <01241>– one cart <05699> for every two <08147> of the leaders <05387>, and an ox <07794> for each one <0259>; and they presented <07126> them in front of <06440> the tabernacle <04908>. 7:4 Then the Lord <03068> spoke <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>: 7:5 “Receive <03947> these gifts from them, that they may be <01961> used in doing <05647> the work <05656> of the tent <0168> of meeting <04150>; and you must give <05414> them to <0413> the Levites <03881>, to every man <0376> as <06310> his service <05656> requires.” 7:6 So Moses <04872> accepted <03947> the carts <05699> and the oxen <01241> and gave <05414> them to <0413> the Levites <03881>. 7:7 He gave two <08147> carts <05699> and four <0702> oxen <01241> to the Gershonites <01648> <01121>, as <06310> their service <05656> required; 7:8 and he gave <05414> four <0702> carts <05699> and eight <08083> oxen <01241> to the Merarites <04847> <01121>, as <06310> their service <05656> required, under the authority <03027> of Ithamar <0385> son <01121> of Aaron <0175> the priest <03548>. 7:9 But to the Kohathites <06955> <01121> he gave <05414> none <03808>, because <03588> the service <05656> of the holy things <06944>, which they carried <05375> on <05921> their shoulders <03802>, was their responsibility. 7:10 The leaders <05387> offered <07126> gifts for the dedication <02598> of the altar <04196> when <03117> it was anointed <04886>. And the leaders <05387> presented <07126> their offering <07133> before <06440> the altar <04196>. 7:11 For the Lord <03069> said <0559> to <0413> Moses <04872>, “They must present <07126> their offering <07133>, one <0259> leader <05387> for each <0259> day <03117>, for the dedication <02598> of the altar <04196>.” 7:12 The one who presented <07126> his offering <07133> on the first <07223> day <03117> was Nahshon <05177> son <01121> of Amminadab <05992>, from the tribe <04294> of Judah <03063>. 7:13 His offering <07133> was one <0259> silver <03701> platter <07086> weighing 130 <03967> <07970> shekels <04948>, and one <0259> silver <03701> sprinkling bowl <04219> weighing 70 <07657> shekels <08255>, both according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>, each of them <08147> full <04392> of fine flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081> as a grain offering <04503>; 7:14 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing 10 <06235> shekels, full <04392> of incense <07004>; 7:15 one <0259> young <01241> <01121> bull <06499>, one ram <0352>, and one <0259> male lamb <03532> in its first <01121> <0259> year <08141>, for a burnt offering <05930>; 7:16 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:17 and for the sacrifice <02077> of peace offerings <08002>: two <08147> bulls <01241>, five <02568> rams <0352>, five <02568> male goats <06260>, and five <02568> male lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Nahshon <05177> son <01121> of Amminadab <05992>. 7:18 On the second <08145> day <03117> Nethanel <05417> son <01121> of Zuar <06686>, leader <05387> of Issachar <03485>, presented <07126> an offering. 7:19 He offered <07126> for his offering <07133> one <0259> silver <03701> platter <07086> weighing 130 <03967> <07970> shekels <08255> and one <0259> silver <03701> sprinkling bowl <04219> weighing <04948> 70 <07657>, both according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>, each of them <08147> full <04392> of fine flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081> as a grain offering <04503>; 7:20 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing 10 <06235> shekels, full <04392> of incense <07004>; 7:21 one <0259> young <01241> <01121> bull <06499>, one ram <0352>, and one <0259> male lamb <03532> in its first <01121> <0259> year <08141>, for a burnt offering <05930>; 7:22 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:23 and for the sacrifice <02077> of peace offerings <08002>: two <08147> bulls <01241>, five <02568> rams <0352>, five <02568> male goats <06260>, and five <02568> male lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Nethanel <05417> son <01121> of Zuar <06686>. 7:24 On the third <07992> day <03117> Eliab <0446> son <01121> of Helon <02497>, leader <05387> of the Zebulunites <02074> <01121>, presented an offering. 7:25 His offering <07133> was one <0259> silver <03701> platter <07086> weighing 130 <03967> <07970> shekels <04948> and one <0259> silver <03701> sprinkling bowl <04219> weighing 70 <07657> shekels <08255>, both according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>, each of them <08147> full <04392> of fine flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081> as a grain offering <04503>; 7:26 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing 10 <06235> shekels, full <04392> of incense <07004>; 7:27 one <0259> young <01241> <01121> bull <06499>, one ram <0352>, and one <0259> male lamb <03532> in its first <01121> <0259> year <08141>, for a burnt offering <05930>; 7:28 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:29 and for the sacrifice <02077> of peace offerings <08002>: two <08147> bulls <01241>, five <02568> rams <0352>, five <02568> male goats <06260>, and five <02568> male lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Eliab <0446> son <01121> of Helon <02497>. 7:30 On the fourth <07243> day <03117> Elizur <0468> son <01121> <01121> of Shedeur <07707>, leader <05387> of the Reubenites <07205>, presented an offering. 7:31 His offering <07133> was one <0259> silver <03701> platter <07086> weighing 130 <03967> <07970> shekels <04948> and one <0259> silver <03701> sprinkling bowl <04219> weighing 70 <07657> shekels <08255>, both according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>, each of them <08147> full <04392> of fine flour <05560> mixed <01101> with olive oil <08081> as a grain offering <04503>;

• Num 7:1-3 -- The Leader's Offerings
• Num 7:4-9 -- The Distribution of the Gifts
• Num 7:10-11 -- The Time of Presentation
• Num 7:12-83 -- The Tribal Offerings

• Tabernacle

  [nave] TABERNACLE One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai, Ex. 33:7-11. The one instituted by Moses was called Sanctuary, Ex. 25:8; Tabernacle, Ex. 27:21; 33:7; 2 Chr. 5:5; of Testimony, Ex. 38:21; ...
  

• Spoons

  [nave] SPOONS Of the tabernacle, Ex. 25:29; Num. 4:7; 7. Of the temple, 1 Kin. 7:50; 2 Chr. 4:22.
  

• SPOON

  [isbe] SPOON - spoon (kaph; Septuagint thuiske, except in Jer 52:18, where it is kreagra, literally, "fork"): A hollow vessel, a censer; a small vessel in which incense was to be burnt, as is seen from the account given in Nu 7 of ...
  

• SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2

  [isbe] SACRIFICE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, 2 - V. The Mosaic Sacrificial System. 1. The Covenant Sacrifice: The fundamental function of Moses' work was to establish the covenant between Israel and God. This important transaction took ...
  

• NETHANEL

  [isbe] NETHANEL - ne-than'-el, neth'-a-nel (nethan'el, "God has given"; Nathanael; the King James Version Nethaneel, ne-than'-e-el): (1) A chief or prince of Issachar (Nu 1:8; 2:5; 7:18,23; 10:15). (2) The 4th son of Jesse (1 Ch 2:...
  

• Merarites

  [ebd] the descendants of Merari (Num. 26:57). They with the Gershonites and the Kohathites had charge of the tabernacle, which they had to carry from place to place (Num. 3:20, 33-37; 4:29-33). In the distribution of the oxen and ...
  

• MANNA

  [isbe] MANNA - man'-a (man; manna): The Hebrew man is probably derived, as Ebers suggests, from the Egyptian mennu, "food." In Ex 16:15, we have a suggested source of the name, "They said one to another, What is it?" i.e. manhu, wh...
  

• Liberality

  [nave] LIBERALITY. Ex. 22:29, 30 Ex. 13:2, 12. Ex. 23:15 Ex. 34:20. Ex. 25:1-8; Ex. 35:4-29; Ex. 36:3-6; Ex. 38:8; Lev. 19:5 Lev. 22:29; Num. 35:8. Deut. 12:11, 12, 17-19; Deut. 14:27-29; Deut. 15:7-18; Deut. 16:10, 17; Deut. 18:1...
  

• LITTER

  [ebd] (Heb. tsab, as being lightly and gently borne), a sedan or palanquin for the conveyance of persons of rank (Isa. 66:20). In Num. 7:3, the words "covered wagons" are more literally "carts of the litter kind." There they denot...
  [isbe] LITTER - lit'-er (tsabh): (1) Used upon backs of camels for easy riding, made of a wooden frame with light mattress and pillows, also a covering above, supported by upright pieces, sometimes having also side awnings for prot...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Governor

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. nagid, a prominent, conspicuous person, whatever his capacity: as, chief of the royal palace (2 Chr. 28:7; comp. 1 Kings 4:6), chief of the temple (1 Chr. 9:11; Jer. 20:1), the leader of the Aaronites (1 Chr. 12:27...
  

• Goat

  [ebd] (1.) Heb. 'ez, the she-goat (Gen. 15:9; 30:35; 31:38). This Hebrew word is also used for the he-goat (Ex. 12:5; Lev. 4:23; Num. 28:15), and to denote a kid (Gen. 38:17, 20). Hence it may be regarded as the generic name of th...
  

• GOLD

  [isbe] GOLD - gold (zahabh; chrusos): 1. Terms: No metal has been more frequently mentioned in Old Testament writings than gold, and none has had more terms applied to it. Among these terms the one most used is zahabh. The Arabic e...
  

• Dedication

  [nave] DEDICATION Law concerning dedicated things, Lev. 27; Num. 18:14; 1 Chr. 26:26, 27. Must be without blemish, Lev. 22:18-23; Mal. 1:14. Not redeemable, Lev. 27:28, 29. Offering must be voluntary, Lev. 1:3; 22:19. See: Offe...
  

• CHARGER

  [ebd] a bowl or deep dish. The silver vessels given by the heads of the tribes for the services of the tabernacle are so named (Num. 7:13, etc.). The "charger" in which the Baptist's head was presented was a platter or flat wooden...
  [isbe] CHARGER - char'-jer (the American Standard Revised Version "platter"): A word which meant in the older English speech a flat dish or platter. It is used in the Bible as the translation (1) of qe`arah, which in Nu 7:19 the Ki...
  

• CART

  [ebd] a vehicle moving on wheels, and usually drawn by oxen (2 Sam. 6:3). The Hebrew word thus rendered, 'agalah (1 Sam. 6:7, 8), is also rendered "wagon" (Gen. 45:19). It is used also to denote a war-chariot (Ps. 46:9). Carts wer...
  [isbe] CART - kart (`aghalah): The Hebrew word has been translated in some passages "cart," and in others "wagon." In one verse only has it been translated "chariot." The context of the various passages indicates that a distinction...
  [smith] (Genesis 45:19,27; Numbers 7:3,7,8) a vehicle drawn by cattle, (2 Samuel 6:6) to be distinguished from the chariot drawn by horses. Carts and wagons were either open or covered, (Numbers 7:3) and were used for conveyance o...
  

• BASIN; BASON

  [isbe] BASIN; BASON - ba'-s'-n. 1. The Terms Used and Their Meaning: The American Standard Revised Version has "basin," the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "bason," the preferred spelling of the En...
  

• Ark

  [ebd] Noah's ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high (Gen. 6:14-16); an oblong floating house of three stories, with a door in the side and a window in the roof....
  

• Altar

  [nave] ALTAR Built by Noah, Gen. 8:20; Abraham, Gen. 12:7, 8; 13:18; 22:9; Isaac, Gen. 26:25; Jacob, Gen. 33:20; 35:1-7; Moses, Ex. 17:15; 24:4; Balaam, Num. 23:1, 14, 29; Joshua, Deut. 27:4-7; Josh. 8:30-32; Reubenites and Gadites...
  

• AMMINADAB

  [ebd] kindred of the prince. (1.) The father of Nahshon, who was chief of the tribe of Judah (Num. 1:7; 2:3; 7:12, 17; 10:14). His daughter Elisheba was married to Aaron (Ex. 6:23). (2.) A son of Kohath, the second son of Levi (1 ...
  [isbe] AMMINADAB - a-min'-a-dab (`amminadhabh = "my people (or my kinsman) is generous or noble"): Three persons bearing this name are mentioned in the Old Testament. (1) In Ruth 4:19,20 and 1 Ch 2:10 Amminadab is referred to as on...
  

• The Gifts of the Leaders

  

• Why Is Liberality to Be Commended?
  It is pleasing to God. He never forgets it. Christ set an example of it. And it is characteristic of Saints (II Cor. 9:7; Heb. 6:10; II Cor. 8:9; Ps. 112:9). This good quality should be exercised in the service of God towards...

The Structure of the Tabernacle

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