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The Leaders Make Offerings

On the day Moses finished setting up the tabernacle and appointed and consecrated it and all its vessels, and the altar and its vessels, and he appointed them and consecrated them, the leaders of Israel, the heads of the families,[a] presented an offering; they were the leaders of the tribes and were the ones in charge of the counting. They brought their offering before the presence of[b] Yahweh, six covered utility carts and twelve cattle, a utility cart for two of the leaders, and a bull for each; and they presented them before[c] the tabernacle.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 7:2 Literally “the house of their fathers”
  2. Numbers 7:3 Or “before the face of”
  3. Numbers 7:3 Literally “before the face of”

Offerings at the Dedication of the Tabernacle

When Moses finished setting up the tabernacle,(A) he anointed(B) and consecrated it and all its furnishings.(C) He also anointed and consecrated the altar and all its utensils.(D) Then the leaders of Israel,(E) the heads of families who were the tribal leaders in charge of those who were counted,(F) made offerings. They brought as their gifts before the Lord six covered carts(G) and twelve oxen—an ox from each leader and a cart from every two. These they presented before the tabernacle.

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