Bible Reading

1) And when Moses had put up the House completely, and had put oil on it and made it holy, with all the things in it, and had made the altar and all its vessels holy with oil

2) Then the chiefs of Israel, the heads of their fathers' houses, made offerings these were the chiefs of the tribes, who were over those who were numbered.

3) And they came with their offerings before the Lord, six covered carts and twelve oxen a cart for every two of the chiefs, and for every one an ox.

4) And the Lord said to Moses,

5) Take the things from them, to be used for the work of the Tent of meeting and give them to the Levites, to every man what is needed for his work.

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

7) Two carts and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon for their work

8) And four carts and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari for their work, under the direction of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.

9) But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.

10) And the chiefs gave an offering for the altar on the day when the holy oil was put on it they made their offering before the altar.

11) And the Lord said to Moses, Let every chief on his day give his offering to make the altar holy.

12) And he who made his offering on the first day was Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, of the tribe of Judah:

13) And his offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

14) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice for burning

15) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

16) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

17) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab.

18) On the second day Nethanel, the son of Zuar, chief of Issachar, made his offering:

19) He gave one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

20) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

21) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

22) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

23) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Nethanel, the son of Zuar.

24) On the third day Eliab, the son of Helon, chief of the children of Zebulun:

25) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

26) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

27) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

28) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

29) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliab, the son of Helon.

30) On the fourth day Elizur, the son of Shedeur, chief of the children of Reuben:

31) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

32) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

33) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

34) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

35) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elizur, the son of Shedeur.

36) On the fifth day Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai, chief of the children of Simeon:

37) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

38) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

39) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

40) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

41) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Shelumiel, the son of Zurishaddai.

42) On the sixth day Eliasaph, the son of Reuel, chief of the children of Gad:

43) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

44) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

45) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

46) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

47) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Eliasaph, the son of Reuel

48) On the seventh day Elishama, the son of Ammihud, chief of the children of Ephraim:

49) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

50) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

51) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

52) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

53) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Elishama, the son of Ammihud.

54) On the eighth day Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur, chief of the children of Manasseh:

55) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

56) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

57) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

58) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

59) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Gamaliel, the son of Pedahzur.

60) On the ninth day Abidan, the son of Gideoni, chief of the children of Benjamin:

61) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

62) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

63) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year for a burned offering

64) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

65) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Abidan, the son of Gideoni.

66) On the tenth day Ahiezer the son of Ammishaddai, chief of the children of Dan:

67) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

68) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

69) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

70) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

71) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahiezer, the son of Ammishaddai.

72) On the eleventh day Pagiel, the son of Ochran, chief of the children of Asher:

73) His offering was one silver plate a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

74) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

75) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

76) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

77) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Pagiel, the son of Ochran.

78) On the twelfth day Ahira, the son of Enan, chief of the children of Naphtali:

79) His offering was one silver plate, a hundred and thirty shekels in weight, one silver basin of seventy shekels, by the scale of the holy place the two of them full of the best meal mixed with oil for a meal offering

80) One gold spoon of ten shekels, full of spice

81) One young ox, one male sheep, one he-lamb of the first year, for a burned offering

82) One male of the goats for a sin-offering

83) And for the peace-offerings, two oxen, five male sheep, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year: this was the offering of Ahira, the son of Enan.

84) These were the offerings given for the altar by the chiefs of Israel, when the holy oil was put on it: twelve silver plates, twelve silver basins, twelve gold spoons

85) The weight of every silver plate was a hundred and thirty shekels, and of every basin seventy the weight of all the silver of the vessels was two thousand and four hundred shekels, by the scale of the holy place

86) The weight of the twelve gold spoons of spice for burning was ten shekels for every one, by the scale of the holy place all the gold of the spoons was a hundred and twenty shekels

87) All the oxen, for the burned offering were twelve, the male sheep twelve, the he-lambs of the first year twelve, with their meal offering and the males of the goats for sin-offering twelve

88) And all the oxen for the peace-offerings, twenty-four oxen, the male sheep sixty, and the he-goats sixty, the he-lambs of the first year sixty. This was given for the altar after the holy oil was put on it.

89) And when Moses went into the Tent of meeting to have talk with him, then the Voice came to his ears from over the cover which was on the ark of witness, from between the two winged ones. And he had talk with him.