Numbers 7:66-9:14

New International Version

⁶⁶On the tenth day Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai,^(A) the leader of the people of Dan, brought his offering.

⁶⁷His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; ⁶⁸one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; ⁶⁹one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; ⁷⁰one male goat for a sin offering; ⁷¹and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahiezer son of Ammishaddai.

⁷²On the eleventh day Pagiel son of Okran,^(B) the leader of the people of Asher, brought his offering.

⁷³His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; ⁷⁴one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; ⁷⁵one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; ⁷⁶one male goat for a sin offering; ⁷⁷and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Pagiel son of Okran.

⁷⁸On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan,^(C) the leader of the people of Naphtali, brought his offering.

⁷⁹His offering was one silver plate weighing a hundred and thirty shekels and one silver sprinkling bowl weighing seventy shekels, both according to the sanctuary shekel, each filled with the finest flour mixed with olive oil as a grain offering; ⁸⁰one gold dish weighing ten shekels, filled with incense; ⁸¹one young bull, one ram and one male lamb a year old for a burnt offering; ⁸²one male goat for a sin offering; ⁸³and two oxen, five rams, five male goats and five male lambs a year old to be sacrificed as a fellowship offering. This was the offering of Ahira son of Enan.

⁸⁴These were the offerings of the Israelite leaders for the dedication of the altar when it was anointed:^(D) twelve silver plates, twelve silver sprinkling bowls^(E) and twelve gold dishes.^(F) ⁸⁵Each silver plate weighed a hundred and thirty shekels, and each sprinkling bowl seventy shekels. Altogether, the silver dishes weighed two thousand four hundred shekels,^[a] according to the sanctuary shekel.^(G) ⁸⁶The twelve gold dishes filled with incense weighed ten shekels each, according to the sanctuary shekel.^(H) Altogether, the gold dishes weighed a hundred and twenty shekels.^[b] ⁸⁷The total number of animals for the burnt offering^(I) came to twelve young bulls, twelve rams and twelve male lambs a year old, together with their grain offering.^(J) Twelve male goats were used for the sin offering.^(K) ⁸⁸The total number of animals for the sacrifice of the fellowship offering^(L) came to twenty-four oxen, sixty rams, sixty male goats and sixty male lambs^(M) a year old. These were the offerings for the dedication of the altar after it was anointed.^(N)

⁸⁹When Moses entered the tent of meeting^(O) to speak with the Lord,^(P) he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover^(Q) on the ark of the covenant law.^(R) In this way the Lord spoke to him.

Setting Up the Lamps

8 The Lord said to Moses, ²“Speak to Aaron and say to him, ‘When you set up the lamps, see that all seven light up the area in front of the lampstand.^(S)’”

³Aaron did so; he set up the lamps so that they faced forward on the lampstand, just as the Lord commanded Moses. ⁴This is how the lampstand was made: It was made of hammered gold^(T)—from its base to its blossoms. The lampstand was made exactly like the pattern^(U) the Lord had shown Moses.

The Setting Apart of the Levites

⁵The Lord said to Moses: ⁶“Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.^(V) ⁷To purify them, do this: Sprinkle the water of cleansing^(W) on them; then have them shave their whole bodies^(X) and wash their clothes.^(Y) And so they will purify themselves.^(Z) ⁸Have them take a young bull with its grain offering of the finest flour mixed with olive oil;^(AA) then you are to take a second young bull for a sin offering.^[c]^(AB) ⁹Bring the Levites to the front of the tent of meeting^(AC) and assemble the whole Israelite community.^(AD) ¹⁰You are to bring the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites are to lay their hands on them.^(AE) ¹¹Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering^(AF) from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.

¹²“Then the Levites are to lay their hands on the heads of the bulls,^(AG) using one for a sin offering^(AH) to the Lord and the other for a burnt offering,^(AI) to make atonement^(AJ) for the Levites. ¹³Have the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons and then present them as a wave offering^(AK) to the Lord. ¹⁴In this way you are to set the Levites apart from the other Israelites, and the Levites will be mine.^(AL)

¹⁵“After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering,^(AM) they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.^(AN) ¹⁶They are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to me. I have taken them as my own in place of the firstborn,^(AO) the first male offspring^(AP) from every Israelite woman. ¹⁷Every firstborn male in Israel, whether human or animal,^(AQ) is mine. When I struck down all the firstborn in Egypt, I set them apart for myself.^(AR) ¹⁸And I have taken the Levites in place of all the firstborn sons in Israel.^(AS) ¹⁹From among all the Israelites, I have given the Levites as gifts to Aaron and his sons^(AT) to do the work at the tent of meeting on behalf of the Israelites^(AU) and to make atonement for them^(AV) so that no plague will strike the Israelites when they go near the sanctuary.”

²⁰Moses, Aaron and the whole Israelite community did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses. ²¹The Levites purified themselves and washed their clothes.^(AW) Then Aaron presented them as a wave offering before the Lord and made atonement^(AX) for them to purify them.^(AY) ²²After that, the Levites came to do their work^(AZ) at the tent of meeting under the supervision of Aaron and his sons. They did with the Levites just as the Lord commanded Moses.

²³The Lord said to Moses, ²⁴“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years old or more^(BA) shall come to take part in the work at the tent of meeting,^(BB) ²⁵but at the age of fifty,^(BC) they must retire from their regular service and work no longer. ²⁶They may assist their brothers in performing their duties at the tent of meeting, but they themselves must not do the work.^(BD) This, then, is how you are to assign the responsibilities of the Levites.”

The Passover

9 The Lord spoke to Moses in the Desert of Sinai in the first month^(BE) of the second year after they came out of Egypt.^(BF) He said, ²“Have the Israelites celebrate the Passover^(BG) at the appointed time.^(BH) ³Celebrate it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month,^(BI) in accordance with all its rules and regulations.^(BJ)”

⁴So Moses told the Israelites to celebrate the Passover,^(BK) ⁵and they did so in the Desert of Sinai^(BL) at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.^(BM) The Israelites did everything just as the Lord commanded Moses.^(BN)

⁶But some of them could not celebrate the Passover on that day because they were ceremonially unclean^(BO) on account of a dead body.^(BP) So they came to Moses and Aaron^(BQ) that same day ⁷and said to Moses, “We have become unclean because of a dead body, but why should we be kept from presenting the Lord’s offering with the other Israelites at the appointed time?^(BR)”

⁸Moses answered them, “Wait until I find out what the Lord commands concerning you.”^(BS)

⁹Then the Lord said to Moses, ¹⁰“Tell the Israelites: ‘When any of you or your descendants are unclean because of a dead body^(BT) or are away on a journey, they are still to celebrate^(BU) the Lord’s Passover, ¹¹but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month^(BV) at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.^(BW) ¹²They must not leave any of it till morning^(BX) or break any of its bones.^(BY) When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.^(BZ) ¹³But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people^(CA) for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

¹⁴“‘A foreigner^(CB) residing among you is also to celebrate the Lord’s Passover in accordance with its rules and regulations. You must have the same regulations for both the foreigner and the native-born.’”