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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; ...
  

• 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 ...
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• Ahira

  [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.
  

• 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...
  

• 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...
  

• 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.
  

• 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.
  

• 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...
  

• Cherub

  [ebd] plural cherubim, the name of certain symbolical figures frequently mentioned in Scripture. They are first mentioned in connection with the expulsion of our first parents from Eden (Gen. 3:24). There is no intimation given of...
  

• 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....
  

• Government

  [nave] GOVERNMENT Paternal functions of, Gen. 41:25-57. Civil service school provided by, Dan. 1:3-20. Maintains a system of public instruction, 2 Chr. 17:7-9. Executive departments in. See: Cabinet; King; Ruler; Statecraft. Ju...
  

• The Gifts of the Leaders

  

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