Numbers 7 · Kingdoms of Scripture

1On the day Moses finished setting up the dwelling, he anointed it and set it apart, and all its furnishings, and the altar and all its furnishings, and he anointed them and set them apart.

Notes (1)

Translation
Mashach is anointed. Qiddesh is set apart. Mishkan is the dwelling.

2The chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers’ houses, brought offerings. They were the chiefs of the tribes. They were the ones who stood over the numbered men.

3They brought their near-offering before Yahweh: six covered wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two chiefs, and an ox for each one. They brought them near before the dwelling.

Notes (1)

Translation
Eglat tzav is a covered wagon. The phrase is not a place name.

4Yahweh said to Moses,

5Take these from them, and they shall be used to do the work of the tent of meeting. You shall give them to the Levites, each according to his work.

6Moses took the wagons and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

7Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their work.

8Four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their work, in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

9To the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the work of the holy things was theirs. They carry on the shoulder.

10The chiefs brought the dedication of the altar on the day it was anointed, and the chiefs brought their near-offering before the altar.

Notes (1)

Translation
Chanukkat ha-mizbeach is the dedication of the altar, the gifts that start its use.

11Yahweh said to Moses, One chief a day, one chief a day, they shall bring their near-offering for the dedication of the altar.

12The one who brought his near-offering on the first day was Nahshon son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah.

13And his near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

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Translation
Qa’arah is a plate. Mizraq is a basin. The hundred thirty and the seventy are shekels, by the holy shekel named in the line. Both vessels are full of fine flour mixed with oil, a grain gift.

14one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

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Translation
Kaf is a ladle. The ten is shekels of gold, as the totals in verse 86 state.

15one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

16one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

17and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Nahshon son of Amminadab.

18On the second day Nethanel son of Zuar, chief of Issachar, brought an offering.

19He brought his near-offering: one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

20one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

21one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

22one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

23and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Nethanel son of Zuar.

24On the third day, the chief of the sons of Zebulun, Eliab son of Helon.

25His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

26one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

27one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

28one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

29and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Eliab son of Helon.

30On the fourth day, the chief of the sons of Reuben, Elizur son of Shedeur.

31His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

32one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

33one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

34one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

35and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Elizur son of Shedeur.

36On the fifth day, the chief of the sons of Simeon, Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

37His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

38one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

39one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

40one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

41and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai.

42On the sixth day, the chief of the sons of Gad, Eliasaph son of Deuel.

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Text
Deuel, as in Numbers 1:14. Numbers 2:14 writes Reuel for this father. The consonants of this verse are printed.

43His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

44one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

45one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

46one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

47and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Eliasaph son of Deuel.

48On the seventh day, the chief of the sons of Ephraim, Elishama son of Ammihud.

49His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

50one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

51one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

52one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

53and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Elishama son of Ammihud.

54On the eighth day, the chief of the sons of Manasseh, Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

Notes (1)

Translation
The name is written with a break, Pedah-zur. It is the same name as in chapter 1.

55His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

56one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

57one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

58one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

59and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Gamaliel son of Pedahzur.

60On the ninth day, the chief of the sons of Benjamin, Abidan son of Gideoni.

61His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

62one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

63one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

64one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

65and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Abidan son of Gideoni.

66On the tenth day, the chief of the sons of Dan, Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

67His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

68one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

69one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

70one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

71and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

72On the eleventh day, the chief of the sons of Asher, Pagiel son of Ochran.

Notes (1)

Translation
The Hebrew says “on the day of eleven, a day.” The repeated word for day is kept in this note. The English is the eleventh day.

73His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

74one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

75one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

76one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

77and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Pagiel son of Ochran.

78On the twelfth day, the chief of the sons of Naphtali, Ahira son of Enan.

Notes (1)

Translation
The Hebrew says “on the day of twelve, a day,” the same extra word as on the eleventh day.

79His near-offering was one silver plate, its weight a hundred thirty, one silver basin of seventy shekels by the holy shekel, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain gift,

80one gold ladle of ten shekels, full of incense,

81one bull of the herd, one ram, one lamb in its first year, for a whole offering,

82one goat, a male of the goats, for an offense offering,

83and for the sacrifice of well-being, two of the herd, five rams, five male goats, five lambs a year old. This was the near-offering of Ahira son of Enan.

84This was the dedication of the altar, on the day it was anointed, from the chiefs of Israel: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve gold ladles.

85Each plate was a hundred thirty of silver, and each basin seventy. All the silver of the vessels was two thousand four hundred, by the holy shekel.

86The gold ladles were twelve, full of incense, ten shekels to the ladle by the holy shekel. All the gold of the ladles was a hundred twenty.

87All the herd for the whole offering: twelve bulls, twelve rams, twelve lambs a year old, with their grain gift, and twelve male goats for an offense offering.

88All the herd for the sacrifice of well-being: twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, sixty lambs a year old. This was the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.

89When Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the cover that is on the chest of the Testimony, from between the two cherubs. And he spoke to him.

Notes (1)

Translation
Kapporet is the cover, as in Exodus. Middabber is “speaking,” the voice in the act of address. The two cherubs are the ones on the cover.