Offerings at the Dedication of the Tabernacle

7 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) 2} 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. ³ 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.

⁴ The Lord said to Moses, ⁵ “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the work at the tent of meeting. Give them to the Levites as each man’s work requires.”

⁶ So Moses took the carts and oxen and gave them to the Levites. ⁷ He gave two carts and four oxen to the Gershonites,^(H) as their work required, ⁸ and he gave four carts and eight oxen to the Merarites,^(I) as their work required. They were all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron, the priest. ⁹ But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites,^(J) because they were to carry on their shoulders^(K) the holy things, for which they were responsible.

¹⁰ When the altar was anointed,^(L) the leaders brought their offerings for its dedication^(M) and presented them before the altar. ¹¹ For the Lord had said to Moses, “Each day one leader is to bring his offering for the dedication of the altar.”

²⁴ On the third day, Eliab son of Helon,^(A) the leader of the people of Zebulun, brought his offering.

¹⁰ “Shout^(A) and be glad, Daughter Zion.^(B) For I am coming,^(C) and I will live among you,”^(D) declares the Lord.^{(E) 11} “Many nations will be joined with the Lord in that day and will become my people.^(F) I will live among you and you will know that the Lord Almighty has sent me to you.^{(G) 12} The Lord will inherit^(H) Judah^(I) as his portion in the holy land and will again choose^(J) Jerusalem. ¹³ Be still^(K) before the Lord, all mankind, because he has roused himself from his holy dwelling.^(L)”

Clean Garments for the High Priest

3 Then he showed me Joshua^(M) the high priest standing before the angel of the Lord, and Satan^[a](N) standing at his right side to accuse him. ² The Lord said to Satan, “The Lord rebuke you,^(O) Satan! The Lord, who has chosen^(P) Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick^(Q) snatched from the fire?”^(R)

³ Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. ⁴ The angel said to those who were standing before him, “Take off his filthy clothes.”

Then he said to Joshua, “See, I have taken away your sin,^(S) and I will put fine garments^(T) on you.”

⁵ Then I said, “Put a clean turban^(U) on his head.” So they put a clean turban on his head and clothed him, while the angel of the Lord stood by.

⁶ The angel of the Lord gave this charge to Joshua: ⁷ “This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘If you will walk in obedience to me and keep my requirements,^(V) then you will govern my house^(W) and have charge^(X) of my courts, and I will give you a place among these standing here.^(Y)

⁸ “‘Listen, High Priest^(Z) Joshua, you and your associates seated before you, who are men symbolic^(AA) of things to come: I am going to bring my servant, the Branch.^{(AB) 9} See, the stone I have set in front of Joshua!^(AC) There are seven eyes^[b](AD) on that one stone,^(AE) and I will engrave an inscription on it,’ says the Lord Almighty, ‘and I will remove the sin^(AF) of this land in a single day.

¹⁰ “‘In that day each of you will invite your neighbor to sit^(AG) under your vine and fig tree,^(AH)’ declares the Lord Almighty.”

The Gold Lampstand and the Two Olive Trees

4 Then the angel who talked with me returned and woke^(AI) me up, like someone awakened from sleep.^{(AJ) 2} He asked me, “What do you see?”^(AK)

I answered, “I see a solid gold lampstand^(AL) with a bowl at the top and seven lamps^(AM) on it, with seven channels to the lamps. ³ Also there are two olive trees^(AN) by it, one on the right of the bowl and the other on its left.”

⁴ I asked the angel who talked with me, “What are these, my lord?”

⁵ He answered, “Do you not know what these are?”

“No, my lord,” I replied.^(AO)

⁶ So he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel:^(AP) ‘Not^(AQ) by might nor by power,^(AR) but by my Spirit,’^(AS) says the Lord Almighty.

⁷ “What are you, mighty mountain? Before Zerubbabel you will become level ground.^(AT) Then he will bring out the capstone^(AU) to shouts^(AV) of ‘God bless it! God bless it!’”