The Holy Bible – Knox Translation
The Book of Numbers
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Chapter 7
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At the time when Moses finished the tabernacle and set it up, anointing and hallowing both the tabernacle and altar with all their appurtenances,
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an offering was made by the chieftains of Israel, the heads of families, who were in charge, each for his own tribe, of the registering.
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They gave to the Lord six covered waggons and twelve oxen, one waggon for every two of the chieftains, and one ox for every one of them. When they presented these before the tabernacle,
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the Lord said to Moses,
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Accept these gifts for the service of the tabernacle, and make them over to the Levites, for the better carrying out of their various duties.
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Moses, therefore, accepted the waggons and the oxen, and gave them to the Levites,
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assigning two waggons and four oxen to the sons of Gerson for their needs,
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and the remaining four waggons and eight oxen to Ithamar, son of the high priest Aaron, for the needs of the Merarites.
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No waggons or oxen were given to the sons of Caath, because their business was with the sanctuary, and every burden must be carried on their own shoulders.
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And when the altar was to be anointed, the chieftains had their dedication gifts to bring before it;
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so the Lord said to Moses, Let the chieftains bring their dedication gifts on successive days.
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The first day, Nahasson son of Aminadab, of Juda, made his offering;
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a silver dish of a hundred and thirty, and a silver bowl of seventy sicles’ weight, by sanctuary reckoning, both full of flour kneaded with oil for sacrifice;
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a gold saucer weighing ten sicles, full of incense;
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a bullock, a ram, and a yearling he-lamb for burnt-sacrifice;
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a goat to make amends for fault;
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and for a welcome-offering, two oxen, five rams, five goats, and five yearling he-lambs. Such was the gift of Nahasson son of Aminadab,
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and next day Nathanael son of Suar gave
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dish and bowl
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and saucer, of the like workmanship and with the like contents,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Issachar.
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On the third day it was the turn of Eliab, son of Helon,
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to give dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Zabulon.
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On the fourth day Elisur, son of Sedeur,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim
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and welcome-offering for Ruben.
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On the fifth day Salamiel, son of Surisaddai,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Simeon.
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On the sixth day Eliasaph, son of Duel,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Gad.
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On the seventh day Elisama, son of Ammiud,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim
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and welcome-offering for Ephraim.
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On the eighth day Gamaliel, son of Phadassur,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Manasses.
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On the ninth day Abidan, son of Gedeon,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Benjamin.
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On the tenth day Ahiezer, son of Ammisaddai,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Dan.
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On the eleventh day Phegiel, son of Ochran,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Aser.
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On the twelfth day Ahira, son of Enan,
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gave dish and bowl
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and saucer,
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and the same burnt-sacrifice,
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transgression-victim,
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and welcome-offering for Nephthali.✻
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All these dedication gifts were offered by the chieftains of Israel at the time when the altar was hallowed. There were twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls and twelve saucers of gold.
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A hundred and thirty sicles of silver went to each dish, seventy to each bowl, making two thousand four hundred sicles of silver in all, by sanctuary weight.
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And the twelve golden saucers with incense in them weighed ten sicles each, by sanctuary weight, making a hundred and twenty sicles of gold altogether.
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For burnt-sacrifice, there were twelve bullocks, twelve rams, and twelve yearling he-lambs, with the bread-offering proper to them; in amends for fault, twelve goats;
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for welcome-offering, twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty goats, and sixty yearling he-lambs. Such were the gifts made, when the altar was hallowed and anointed.
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Whenever Moses went into the tabernacle that attested God’s covenant, to consult the oracle there, he heard a voice speaking to him from the shrine between the two cherubs, standing above the ark; there it was that God spoke to him.
