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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Numbers 7 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/numbers/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/numbers/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">GNT</a> > Numbers 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../numbers/6.htm" title="Numbers 6">◄</a> Numbers 7 <a href="../numbers/8.htm" title="Numbers 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Offerings of the Leaders</h3><p class="par"><span class="v4_7_1"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.1" class="v4_7_1">1</span>On the day Moses finished setting up the Tent of the <span class="nd">Lord</span>'s presence, he anointed and dedicated the Tent and all its equipment, and the altar and all its equipment. </span><span class="v4_7_2"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.2" class="v4_7_2">2</span>Then the clan chiefs who were leaders in the tribes of Israel, the same men who were in charge of the census, </span><span class="v4_7_3"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.3" class="v4_7_3">3</span>brought their offerings to the <span class="nd">Lord</span>: six wagons and twelve oxen, a wagon for every two leaders and an ox for each leader. After they had presented them, </span><span class="v4_7_4"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.4" class="v4_7_4">4</span>the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, </span><span class="v4_7_5"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.5" class="v4_7_5">5</span>“Accept these gifts for use in the work to be done for the Tent; give them to the Levites according to the work they have to do.” </span><span class="v4_7_6"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.6" class="v4_7_6">6</span>So Moses gave the wagons and the oxen to the Levites. </span><span class="v4_7_7"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.7" class="v4_7_7">7</span>He gave two wagons and four oxen to the Gershonites, </span><span class="v4_7_8"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.8" class="v4_7_8">8</span>and four wagons and eight oxen to the Merarites. All their work was to be done under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron. </span><span class="v4_7_9"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.9" class="v4_7_9">9</span>But Moses gave no wagons or oxen to the Kohathites, because the sacred objects they took care of had to be carried on their shoulders.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_7_10"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.10" class="v4_7_10">10</span>The leaders also brought offerings to celebrate the dedication of the altar. When they were ready to present their gifts at the altar, </span><span class="v4_7_11"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.11" class="v4_7_11">11</span>the <span class="nd">Lord</span> said to Moses, “Tell them that each day for a period of twelve days one of the leaders is to present his gifts for the dedication of the altar.”</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_7_12"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.12-Num.7.83" class="v4_7_12">12-83</span>They presented their offerings in the following order:</span></p><p class="b"></p><table><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="th1"><span class="v4_7_12">Day </span></td><td align="start" class="th2"><span class="v4_7_12">Tribe </span></td><td align="start" class="th3"><span class="v4_7_12">Leader</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">1st </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Judah </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Nahshon son of Amminadab</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">2nd </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Issachar </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Nethanel son of Zuar</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">3rd </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Zebulun </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Eliab son of Helon</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">4th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Reuben </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Elizur son of Shedeur</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">5th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Simeon </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Shelumiel son of Zurishaddai</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">6th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Gad </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Eliasaph son of Deuel</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">7th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Ephraim </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Elishama son of Ammihud</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">8th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Manasseh </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Gamaliel son of Pedahzur</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">9th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Benjamin </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Abidan son of Gideoni</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">10th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Dan </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">11th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Asher </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Pagiel son of Ochran</span></td></tr><tr class="tr"><td align="start" class="tc1"><span class="v4_7_12">12th </span></td><td align="start" class="tc2"><span class="v4_7_12">Naphtali </span></td><td align="start" class="tc3"><span class="v4_7_12">Ahira son of Enan</span></td></tr></table><p class="b"></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_7_12">The offerings each one brought were identical: one silver bowl weighing 50 ounces and one silver basin weighing 30 ounces, by the official standard, both of them full of flour mixed with oil for the grain offering; one gold dish weighing 4 ounces, full of incense; one young bull, one ram, and a one-year-old lamb, for the burnt offering; one goat for the sin offering; and two bulls, five rams, five goats, and five one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offering.</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_7_84"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.84-Num.7.88" class="v4_7_84">84-88</span>The totals of the offerings brought by the twelve leaders for the dedication of the altar were as follows:</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v4_7_84">–twelve silver bowls and twelve silver basins weighing a total of 60 pounds</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v4_7_84">–twelve gold dishes weighing a total of 48 ounces, filled with incense</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v4_7_84">–twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old lambs, plus the grain offerings that go with them, for the burnt offerings</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v4_7_84">–twelve goats for the sin offerings</span></p><p class="li1"><span class="v4_7_84">–twenty-four bulls, sixty rams, sixty goats, sixty one-year-old lambs, for the fellowship offerings</span></p><p class="par"><span class="v4_7_89"><span class="reftext" id="Num.7.89" class="v4_7_89">89</span>When Moses went into the Tent to talk with the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, he heard the <span class="nd">Lord</span> speaking to him from above the lid on the Covenant Box, between the two winged creatures.<a href="#fn" id="link_Num.7.89!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">7.89: </char><char style="fk" closed="false">winged creatures: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">See Word List.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible Society. 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