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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

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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; ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Bull

  [nave] BULL, or Ox [Synonymous terms in A.V.]. Uses of: For sacrifice, Ex. 29:3, 10-14, 36; Lev. 4:8, 16; Num. 7:87, 88; 28:11-31; 29; Heb. 9:13; 10:4; plowing, 1 Sam. 14:14; 1 Kin. 19:19; Prov. 14:4; Isa. 32:20; Jer. 31:18; trea...
  

• Mercy Seat

  [nave] MERCY SEAT Description of, Ex. 25:17-22. Placed on the ark of the testimony, Ex. 26:34; 30:6; 31:7; 40:20; Heb. 9:5. Materials of, to be a freewill offering, Ex. 35:4-12. Made by Bezaleel, Ex. 37:1, 6-9. Sprinkled with b...
  

• Prophets

  [nave] PROPHETS Called Seers, 1 Sam. 9:19; 2 Sam. 15:27; 24:11; 2 Kin. 17:13; 1 Chr. 9:22; 29:29; 2 Chr. 9:29; 12:15; 29:30; Isa. 30:10; Mic. 3:7. Schools of, 1 Kin. 20:35; 2 Kin. 2:3-15; 4:1, 38; 9:1. Kept the chronicles, 1 Chr....
  

• The Gifts of the Leaders

  

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