<t /><p class="bodytext">The leaders offered<n id="1" /> gifts<n id="2" /> for<n id="3" /> the dedication<n id="4" /> of the altar when it was anointed.<n id="5" /> And the leaders presented<n id="6" /> their offering before the altar.

Also, they must take away the ashes from the altar<n id="1" /> and spread a purple cloth over it.

the hangings of the courtyard,<n id="1" /> the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard that surrounded the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, plus all the service connected with these things.<n id="2" />p>

The priest will take the grain offering of suspicion from the woman&#8217;s hand, wave the grain offering before the <sc>Lordsc>, and bring it to the altar.

For the <sc>Lordsc> said to Moses, &#8220;They must present their offering, one leader for each day,<n id="1" /> for the dedication of the altar.&#8221;p>

You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be<n id="1" /> no more wrath on the Israelites.

Then they must place on it all its implements with which they serve there &#8211; the trays, the meat forks, the shovels, the basins, and all the utensils of the altar &#8211; and they must spread on it a covering of fine leather, and then insert its poles.<n id="1" />p>

the hangings for the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance of the gate of the court,<n id="1" /> which is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their ropes, along with all the furnishings for their service and everything that is made for them. So they are to serve.<n id="2" />p>

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext">When Moses had completed setting up the tabernacle,<n id="2" /> he anointed it and consecrated it and all its furnishings, and he anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.

<t /><p class="bodytext">This was the dedication for the altar from the leaders of Israel, when it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver sprinkling bowls, and twelve gold pans.

All the animals for the sacrifice for the peace offering were 24 young bulls, 60 rams, 60 male goats, and 60 lambs in their first year. These were the dedication offerings for the altar after it was anointed.<n id="1" />p>

Then Moses said to Aaron, &#8220;Take the censer, put burning coals from the altar in it, place incense on it, and go quickly into the assembly and make atonement for them, for wrath has gone out from the <sc>Lordsc> &#8211; the plague has begun!&#8221;

They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die.

But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.&#8221;p>

But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash<n id="1" /> their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the <sc>Lordsc>.