Numbers 7:1-9

Lexham English Bible

The Leaders Make Offerings

7 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, ² 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. ³ 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. ⁴ Yahweh said to Moses, saying, ⁵ “Take them,^[d] and they will be used to do the work of the tent of the assembly; and you will give them to the Levites, each according to his required service.”^{[e] 6} So Moses took the utility carts and the cattle, and he gave them to the Levites. ⁷ Two utility carts and four cattle he gave to the descendants^[f] of Gershon according to their required service;^{[g] 8} and four utility carts and eight cattle he gave to the descendants^[h] of Merari according to their required service,^[i] under the authority of^[j] Ithamar son of Aaron the priest. ⁹ But to the descendants^[k] of Kohath he did not give anything because the work of the sanctuary they carried upon them on their shoulders.^[l]