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7:51 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>; 7:52 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:53 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> lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Elishama <0476> son <01121> of Ammihud <05989>. 7:54 On the eighth <08066> day <03117> Gamaliel <01583> son <01121> of Pedahzur <06301>, leader <05387> of the Manassehites <04519> <01121>, presented an offering. 7:55 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>; 7:56 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing 10 <06235> shekels, full <04392> of incense <07004>; 7:57 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>; 7:58 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:59 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> lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Gamaliel <01583> son <01121> of Pedahzur <06301>. 7:60 On the ninth <08671> day <03117> Abidan <027> son <01121> <01121> of Gideoni <01441>, leader <05387> of the Benjaminites <01144>, presented an offering. 7:61 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>; 7:62 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing 10 <06235> shekels, full <04392> of incense <07004>; 7:63 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>; 7:64 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:65 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> lambs <03532> in their first year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Abidan <027> son <01121> <01121> of Gideoni <01441>. 7:66 On the tenth <06224> day <03117> Ahiezer <0295> son <01121> of Amishaddai <05996>, leader <05387> of the Danites <01835> <01121>, presented an offering. 7:67 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>; 7:68 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing 10 <06235> shekels, full <04392> of incense <07004>; 7:69 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>; 7:70 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:71 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> lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Ahiezer <0295> son <01121> of Amishaddai <05996>. 7:72 On the eleventh <06240> <06249> day <03117> Pagiel <06295> son <01121> of Ocran <05918>, leader <05387> of the Asherites <0836> <01121>, presented an offering. 7:73 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>; 7:74 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing 10 <06235> shekels, full <04392> of incense <07004>; 7:75 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>; 7:76 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:77 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> lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Pagiel <06295> son <01121> of Ocran <05918>. 7:78 On <03117> the twelfth <06240> <08147> day <03117> Ahira <0299> son <01121> of Enan <05881>, leader <05387> of the Naphtalites <05321> <01121>, presented an offering. 7:79 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>; 7:80 one <0259> gold <02091> pan <03709> weighing <04392> 10 <06235> shekels <07004>; 7:81 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>; 7:82 one <0259> male <08163> goat <05795> for a purification offering <02403>; 7:83 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> lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. This <02088> was the offering <07133> of Ahira <0299> son <01121> of Enan <05881>. 7:84 This <02063> was the dedication <02598> for the altar <04196> from the leaders <05387> of Israel <03478>, when <03117> it was anointed <04886>: twelve <06240> <08147> silver <03701> platters <07086>, twelve <06240> <08147> silver <03701> sprinkling bowls <04219>, and twelve <06240> <08147> gold <02091> pans <03709>. 7:85 Each <0259> silver <03701> platter <07086> weighed 130 <03967> <07970> shekels, and each <0259> silver sprinkling bowl <04219> weighed 70 <07657> shekels. All <03605> the silver <03701> of the vessels <03627> weighed 2,400 <03967> <0702> <0505> shekels, according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>. 7:86 The twelve <06240> <08147> gold <02091> pans <03709> full <04392> of incense <07004> weighed 10 <06235> <06235> shekels each <03709>, according to the sanctuary <06944> shekel <08255>; all <03605> the gold <02091> of the pans <03709> weighed 120 <03967> <06242> shekels. 7:87 All <03605> the animals <01241> for the burnt offering <05930> were 12 <06240> young bulls <06499>, 12 rams <0352>, 12 <06240> male lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>, with their grain offering <04503>, and 12 <06240> <06240> male <08163> goats <05795> for a purification <02403> offering. 7:88 All <03605> the animals <01241> for the sacrifice <02077> for the peace offering <08002> were 24 <0702> <06242> young bulls <06499>, 60 <08346> rams <0352>, 60 <08346> male goats <06260>, and 60 <08346> lambs <03532> in their first <01121> year <08141>. These <02063> were the dedication <02598> offerings for the altar <04196> after <0310> it was anointed <04886>. 7:89 Now when Moses <04872> went <0935> into <0413> the tent <0168> of meeting <04150> to speak <01696> with <0854> the Lord, he heard <08085> the voice <06963> speaking <01696> to <0413> him from above <05921> the atonement lid <03727> that <0834> was on <05921> the ark <0727> of the testimony <05715>, from between <0996> the two <08147> cherubim <03742>. Thus he spoke <01696> to <0413> him.

• Num 7:84-89 -- Summary

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Spoons

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

• 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; ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• Shekel

  [nave] SHEKEL A weight, equal to twenty gerahs, Ex. 30:13; Num. 3:47; Ezek. 45:12. Used to weigh silver, Josh. 7:21; Judg. 8:26; 17:2, 3. Fractions of, used in currency, Ex. 30:13; 1 Sam. 9:8; Neh. 10:32. Used to weigh gold, Gen...
  

• Gamaliel

  [ebd] reward of God. (1.) A chief of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai (Num. 1:10; 2:20; 7:54, 59). (2.) The son of rabbi Simeon, and grandson of the famous rabbi Hillel. He was a Pharisse, and therefore the opponent of...
  [isbe] GAMALIEL - ga-ma'-li-el (gamli'el, "reward or recompense of God"; Gamaliel): (1) The son of Pedahzur, and "prince of the children of Manasseh," chosen to aid in taking the census in the Wilderness (Nu 1:10; 2:20; 7:54,59; 10...
  [smith] (recompense of God). Son of Pedahzur; prince or captain of the tribe of Manasseh at the census at Sinai, (Numbers 1:10; 20:20; 7:54,59) and at starting on the march through the wilderness. ch. (Numbers 10:23) (B.C. 1490.) A ...
  [nave] GAMALIEL 1. A celebrated teacher. Speech of, before the Sanhedrin, Acts 5:33-40. Paul's teacher, Acts 22:3. 2. A captain of Manasseh, Num. 1:10; 2:20; 10:23. Offering of, at dedication of tabernacle, Num. 7:54-59.
  

• Pagiel

  [isbe] PAGIEL - pa'-gi-el, pa'-ji-el, pa-gi'-el (pagh`i'el, "God's intervention"): Son of Ocran, of the tribe of Asher, among those enrolled by Moses at the numbering of Israel (Nu 1:13; 2:27). When the tabernacle was set up, the h...
  [smith] (God allots) the son of Ocran and chief of the tribe of Asher at the time of the exodus. (Numbers 1:13; 2:27; 7:72,77; 10:26) (B.C. 1491.)
  [nave] PAGIEL, son of Ocran and leader of the tribe of Asher at time of exodus, Num. 1:13; 2:27; 7:72, 77; 10:26.
  

• Ahiezer

  [isbe] AHIEZER - a-hi-e'-zer ('achi`ezer, "brother is help"): (1) A son of Ammishaddai, a Danite prince, who acted as representative of his tribe on several occasions. (See Nu 1:12; 2:25; 7:66,71; 10:25.) (2) One of the mighty men ...
  [smith] (brother of help). Son of Ammishaddai, hereditary chieftain of the tribe of Dan. (Numbers 1:12; 2:25; 7:66) (B.C. 1490). The Benjamite chief of a body of archers in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 12:3) (B.C. 1050.)
  [nave] AHIEZER 1. Captain of the tribe of Dan, Num. 1:12; 2:25, 26. Contributes to the tabernacle, Num. 7:66-71. 2. One of David's valiant men, 1 Chr. 12:3.
  

• Ahira

  [isbe] AHIRA - a-hi'-ra ('achira`, "brother of evil," or, "my brother is evil"): A man of Naphtali, contemporary with Moses. He is five times mentioned as the son of Enan. He was the representative of his tribe who assisted Moses i...
  [smith] (brother of evil , i.e. unlucky), Chief of the tribe of Naphtali. (Numbers 1:15; 2:29; 7:78,83; 10:27)
  [nave] AHIRA, captain of the tribe of Naphtali, Num. 1:15; 2:29; 7:78-83; 10:27.
  

• Plate, Platter

  [nave] PLATE, PLATTER a dish. Dedicated to the tabernacle, Num. 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 84, 85. John Baptist's head carried on, Matt. 14:8, 11.
  

• Silver

  [nave] SILVER From Tarshish, Ezek. 27:12; refining of, Prov. 17:3; 25:4; 26:23; Ezek. 22:18-22; Jer. 6:29, 30; Zech. 13:9; Mal. 3:3. See: Refining. Used for money, Gen. 13:2; 17:12; 20:16; 23:13-16; Amos 8:6; Matt. 10:9; 26:15; M...
  

• Gideoni

  [isbe] GIDEONI - gid-e-o'-ni (gidh`oni): The father of Abidan who was prince of Benjamin, mentioned only in connection with the son (Nu 1:11; 2:22; 7:60,65; 10:24).
  [smith] (a cutting down), a Benjamite, father of Abidan. (Numbers 1:11; 7:60,65; 10:24)
  [nave] GIDEONI, father of Abidan, Num. 1:11; 2:22; 7:60, 65; 10:24.
  

• Abidan

  [isbe] ABIDAN - a-bi'-dan ('abhidhan, "father is judge"): Abidan, son of Gideoni, was a "prince" of the children of Benjamin (Nu 2:22; 10:24). He was chosen to represent his tribe at the census in the wilderness of Sinai (Nu 1:11)....
  [smith] (father of the judge), chief of the tribe of Benjamin at the time of the Exodus. (B.C. 1491.) (Numbers 1:11; 2:22; 7:60,65; 10:24)
  [nave] ABIDAN Num. 1:11; 2:22; 7:60, 65; 10:24
  

• Bowl

  [nave] BOWL Made of gold: For the tabernacle, Ex. 25:29; 37:16; temple, 1 Kin. 7:50; 1 Chr. 28:17; 2 Chr. 4:8; of silver, Num. 4:7; 7:13, 19, 25, 31, 37, 43, 49, 55, 61, 67, 73, 79, 84. Stamped "Holiness to the Lord,'' Zech. 14:20...
  

• Enan

  [isbe] ENAN - e'-nan (`enan, "having fountains," or "eyes," i.e. "keen-eyed"; in Septuagint Ainan): The father of Ahira, and prince of Naphtali at the first census of Israel (Nu 1:15; 2:29; 7:78,83; 10:27).
  [nave] ENAN, a man of Naphtali, Num. 1:15; 2:29; 7:78, 83; 10:27.
  

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