Numbers 7:79-89

79 his offering was one ¹silver dish whose weight was one hundred and thirty shekels, one silver bowl of seventy shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, both of them full of fine flour mixed with oil for a grain offering;

80 one gold pan of ten shekels, full of incense;

81 one bull * *, one ram, one male lamb one year old, for a burnt offering;

82 one male goat for a sin offering;

83 and for the sacrifice of peace offerings, two oxen, five rams, five male goats, five male lambs one year old. This was the offering of Ahira the son of Enan.

84 This was ²the dedication offering for the altar from the leaders of Israel when ³it was anointed: twelve * silver dishes, twelve * silver bowls, twelve * gold pans,

85 each silver dish weighing one hundred and thirty shekels and each bowl seventy; all the silver of the utensils was 2,400 * * shekels, according to the shekel of the sanctuary;

86 the twelve * gold pans, full of incense, weighing ten shekels apiece, according to the ⁴shekel of the sanctuary, all the gold of the pans 120 * shekels;

87 all the oxen for the burnt offering twelve * bulls, all the rams twelve *, the male lambs one year old with their grain offering twelve *, and the male goats for a sin offering twelve *;

88 and all the oxen for the sacrifice of peace offerings 24 * bulls, all the rams 60, the male goats 60, the male lambs one year old 60. ⁵This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

89 Now when ⁶Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above ⁷the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from ⁸between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.

Numbers 7:79-89 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO NUMBERS 7

This chapter gives an account of the presents brought, by the princes of the twelve tribes at the setting up of the tabernacle, for the use of it, Nu 7:1-9; and at the dedication of the altar, and the service of that, Nu 7:10,11; first of the prince of the tribe of Judah, Nu 7:12-17; then of the prince of Issachar, Nu 7:18-23; of the prince of Zebulun, Nu 7:24-29; of the prince of Reuben, Nu 7:30-35; of the prince of Simeon, Nu 7:36-41; of the prince of Gad, Nu 7:42-47; of the prince of Ephraim, Nu 7:48-53; of the prince of Manasseh, Nu 7:54-59; of the prince of Benjamin, Nu 7:60-65; of the prince of Dan, Nu 7:66-71; of the prince of Asher, Nu 7:72-77; of the prince of Naphtali, Nu 7:78-83; the sum of all which follows, Nu 7:84-88; and the chapter is concluded with a token of God's approbation and acceptance of the whole, Nu 7:89.

Cross References

• 1. Ezra 1:9, 10; Daniel 5:2
• 2. Numbers 7:10
• 3. Numbers 7:1
• 4. Exodus 30:13
• 5. Numbers 7:1, 10
• 6. Exodus 40:34, 35
• 7. Exodus 25:21, 22
• 8. Psalms 80:1; Psalms 99:1

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "of"
• [b]. Lit "in the day that"
• [c]. Lit "propitiatory"