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Numbers 7

Offerings of the Leaders

 ²Then ^(C)the leaders of Israel, the heads of their fathers' households, ^(D)made an offering (they were the leaders of the tribes; they were the ones who were over the numbered men).

 ³When they brought their offering before the LORD, six ^(E)covered carts and twelve oxen, a cart for every two of the leaders and an ox for each one, then they presented them before the tabernacle.

 ⁴Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

 ⁵"Accept these things from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and you shall give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service."

 ⁶So Moses took the carts and the oxen and gave them to the Levites.

 ⁷Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to ^(F)their service,

 ⁸and four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to ^(G)their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

 ⁹But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was ^(H)the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

 ¹⁰The leaders offered the dedication offering for the altar when ^(I)it was anointed, so the leaders offered their offering before the altar.

 ¹¹Then the LORD said to Moses, "Let them present their offering, one leader each day, for the dedication of the altar."

 ¹²Now the one who presented his offering on the first day was Nahshon the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah;

 ¹³and his offering was one silver ^[a](J)dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, ^(K)according to ^[b]the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ¹⁴one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

 ¹⁵one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ^16(L)one male goat for a sin offering;

 ¹⁷and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of ^(M)Nahshon the son of Amminadab.

 ¹⁸On the second day Nethanel the son of Zuar, leader of Issachar, presented an offering;

 ¹⁹he presented as his offering one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ²⁰one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

 ²¹one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ²²one male goat for a sin offering;

 ²³and for the sacrifice of ^(N)peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Nethanel the son of Zuar.

 ²⁴On the third day it was Eliab the son of Helon, leader of the sons of Zebulun;

 ²⁵his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ²⁶one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

 ²⁷one young bull, one ram, one ^(O)male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ²⁸one male goat for a sin offering;

 ²⁹and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliab the son of Helon.

 ³⁰On the fourth day it was Elizur the son of Shedeur, leader of the sons of Reuben;

 ³¹his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ³²one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

 ³³one bull, one ram, one ^(P)male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ³⁴one male goat for a sin offering;

 ³⁵and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elizur the son of Shedeur.

 ³⁶On the fifth day it was Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai, leader of the children of Simeon;

 ³⁷his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ³⁸one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

 ³⁹one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁴⁰one male goat for a sin offering;

 ⁴¹and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.

 ⁴²On the sixth day it was ^(Q)Eliasaph the son of Deuel, leader of the sons of Gad;

 ⁴³his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of ^(R)fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ⁴⁴one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

 ^45(S)one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁴⁶one male goat for a sin offering;

 ⁴⁷and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Eliasaph the son of Deuel.

 ⁴⁸On the seventh day it was ^(T)Elishama the son of Ammihud, leader of the sons of Ephraim;

 ⁴⁹his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ⁵⁰one gold pan of ten shekels, full of ^(U)incense;

 ^51(V)one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁵²one male goat for a sin offering;

 ⁵³and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Elishama the son of Ammihud.

 ⁵⁴On the eighth day it was ^(W)Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur, leader of the sons of Manasseh;

 ⁵⁵his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ⁵⁶one gold pan of ten shekels, full of ^(X)incense;

 ⁵⁷one bull, one ram, one ^(Y)male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁵⁸one male goat for a sin offering;

 ⁵⁹and for the ^(Z)sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur.

 ⁶⁰On the ninth day it was ^(AA)Abidan the son of Gideoni, leader of the sons of Benjamin;

 ⁶¹his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ⁶²one gold pan of ten shekels, full of ^(AB)incense;

 ⁶³one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁶⁴one male goat for a ^(AC)sin offering;

 ⁶⁵and for the sacrifice of ^(AD)peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Abidan the son of Gideoni.

 ⁶⁶On the tenth day it was ^(AE)Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, leader of the sons of Dan;

 ⁶⁷his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the ^(AF)shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ⁶⁸one gold pan of ten shekels, full of ^(AG)incense;

 ⁶⁹one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁷⁰one male goat for a sin offering;

 ⁷¹and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai.

 ⁷²On the eleventh day it was ^(AH)Pagiel the son of Ochran, leader of the sons of Asher;

 ⁷³his offering was one silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ⁷⁴one gold pan of ten shekels, full of ^(AI)incense;

 ⁷⁵one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁷⁶one male goat for a sin offering;

 ⁷⁷and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Pagiel the son of Ochran.

 ⁷⁸On the twelfth day it was ^(AJ)Ahira the son of Enan, leader of the sons of Naphtali;

 ⁷⁹his offering was one ^(AK)silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

 ⁸⁰one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

 ⁸¹one bull, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

 ⁸²one male goat for a sin offering;

 ⁸³and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

 ⁸⁴This was ^(AL)the dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel when ^(AM)it was anointed: twelve silver dishes, twelve silver bowls, twelve gold pans,

 ⁸⁵each silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty shekels and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the utensils was 2,400 shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

 ⁸⁶the twelve gold pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the ^(AN)shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans 120 shekels;

 ⁸⁷all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve bulls, all the rams twelve, the male lambs one year old with their grain offering twelve, and the male goats for a sin offering twelve;

 ⁸⁸and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings 24 bulls, all the rams 60, the male goats 60, the male lambs one year old 60. ^(AO)This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

 ⁸⁹Now when ^(AP)Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above ^(AQ)the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from ^(AR)between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.

Numbers 8

The Seven Lamps

 ²"Speak to Aaron and say to him, 'When you mount the lamps, the seven lamps will ^(AS)give light in the front of the lampstand.'"

 ³Aaron therefore did so; he mounted its lamps at the front of the lampstand, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

 ^4(AT)Now this was the workmanship of the lampstand, hammered work of gold; from its base to its flowers it was hammered work; ^(AU)according to the pattern which the LORD had shown Moses, so he made the lampstand.

Cleansing the Levites

 ⁶"Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel and ^(AV)cleanse them.

 ⁷"Thus you shall do to them, for their cleansing: sprinkle purifying ^(AW)water on them, and let them ^(AX)use a razor over their whole body and ^(AY)wash their clothes, and they will be clean.

 ⁸"Then let them take a bull with ^(AZ)its grain offering, fine flour mixed with oil; and a second bull you shall take for a sin offering.

 ⁹"So ^(BA)you shall present the Levites before the tent of meeting ^(BB)You shall also assemble the whole congregation of the sons of Israel,

 ¹⁰and present the Levites before the LORD; and the sons of Israel ^(BC)shall lay their hands on the Levites.

 ¹¹"Aaron then shall present the Levites before the LORD as a ^(BD)wave offering from the sons of Israel, that they may qualify to perform the service of the LORD.

 ¹²"Now ^(BE)the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls; then offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the LORD, to make atonement for the Levites.

 ¹³"You shall have the Levites stand before Aaron and before his sons so as to present them as a wave offering to the LORD.

 ¹⁴"Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and ^(BF)the Levites shall be Mine.

 ¹⁵"Then after that the Levites may go in to serve the tent of meeting. But you shall cleanse them and ^(BG)present them as a wave offering;

 ¹⁶for they are ^(BH)wholly given to Me from among the sons of Israel I have taken them for Myself ^(BI)instead of every first issue of the womb, the firstborn of all the sons of Israel.

 ¹⁷"For ^(BJ)every firstborn among the sons of Israel is Mine, among the men and among the animals; on the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for Myself.

 ¹⁸"But I have taken the Levites instead of every firstborn among the sons of Israel.

 ¹⁹"^(BK)I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the sons of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement on behalf of the sons of Israel, so that there will be no ^(BL)plague among the sons of Israel by their coming near to the sanctuary."

 ²⁰Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the sons of Israel to the Levites; according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so the sons of Israel did to them.

 ^21(BM)The Levites, too, purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes; and Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the LORD. Aaron also made atonement for them to cleanse them.

 ²²Then after that the Levites went in to perform their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and before his sons; just as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

Retirement

 ²⁴"This is what applies to the Levites: from ^(BN)twenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting.

 ²⁵"But at the age of fifty years they shall retire from service in the work and not work any more.

 ²⁶"They may, however, assist their brothers in the tent of meeting, ^(BO)to keep an obligation, but they themselves shall do no work. Thus you shall deal with the Levites concerning their obligations."

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 ²¹And He was saying to them, "^(A)A lamp is not brought to be put under a basket, is it, or under a bed? Is it not brought to be put on the lampstand?

 ²²"^(B)For nothing is hidden, except to be revealed; nor has anything been secret, but that it would come to light.

 ²³"^(C)If anyone has ears to hear, let him hear."

 ²⁴And He was saying to them, "Take care what you listen to. ^(D)By your standard of measure it will be measured to you; and more will be given you besides.

 ²⁵"^(E)For whoever has, to him more shall be given; and whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him."

Parable of the Seed

 ²⁷and he goes to bed at night and gets up by day, and the seed sprouts and grows--how, he himself does not know.

 ²⁸"The soil produces crops by itself; first the blade, then the head, then the mature grain in the head.

 ²⁹"But when the crop permits, he immediately ^(F)puts in the sickle, because the harvest has come."

Parable of the Mustard Seed

 ³¹"It is like a mustard seed, which, when sown upon the soil, though it is smaller than all the seeds that are upon the soil,

 ³²yet when it is sown, it grows up and becomes larger than all the garden plants and forms large branches; so that ^(I)THE BIRDS OF THE ^[b]AIR can NEST UNDER ITS SHADE."

 ³³With many such parables He was speaking the word to them, so far as they were able to hear it;

 ³⁴and He did not speak to them ^(J)without a parable; but He was ^(K)explaining everything privately to His own disciples.

Jesus Stills the Sea

 ³⁶Leaving the crowd, they took Him along with them ^(M)in the boat, just as He was; and other boats were with Him.

 ³⁷And there arose a fierce gale of wind, and the waves were breaking over the boat so much that the boat was already filling up.

 ³⁸Jesus Himself was in the stern, asleep on the cushion; and they woke Him and said to Him, "Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?"

 ³⁹And He got up and ^(N)rebuked the wind and said to the sea, "Hush, be still." And the wind died down and it became perfectly calm.

 ⁴⁰And He said to them, "Why are you afraid? ^(O)Do you still have no faith?"

 ⁴¹They became very much afraid and said to one another, "Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?"