Numbers 7

75 He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering;

76 a male goat for a sin offering;

77 and two oxen, five rams, five male goats, and five one-year-old male lambs for a peace offering. This was the offering brought by Pagiel son of Ocran.

78 On the twelfth day Ahira son of Enan, leader of the tribe of Naphtali, presented his offering.

79 The offering consisted of a silver platter weighing about 3 pounds and a silver basin of about 1 pounds. These were both filled with grain offerings of choice flour mixed with olive oil.

80 He also brought a gold container weighing about four ounces, which was filled with incense.

81 He brought a young bull, a ram, and a one-year-old male lamb as a burnt offering;

82 a male goat for a sin offering;

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

84 So this was the dedication offering for the altar, brought by the leaders of Israel at the time it was anointed: twelve silver platters, twelve silver basins, and twelve gold incense containers.

85 In all, the silver objects weighed about 60 pounds,* about 3 pounds for each platter and 1 pounds for each basin.¹

86 The weight of the donated gold came to about three pounds,* about four ounces for each of the gold containers that were filled with incense.²

87 Twelve bulls, twelve rams, and twelve one-year-old male lambs were donated for the burnt offerings, along with their prescribed grain offerings. Twelve male goats were brought for the sin offerings.

88 Twenty-four young bulls, sixty rams, sixty male goats, and sixty one-year-old male lambs were donated for the peace offerings. This was the dedication offering for the altar after it was anointed.

89 Whenever Moses went into the Tabernacle to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the Ark's cover--the place of atonement--that rests on the Ark of the Covenant.* The LORD spoke to him from there.³

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1: Hebrew 2,400 shekels [27.4 kilograms].

2: Hebrew 120 shekels [1.4 kilograms].

3: Or Ark of the Testimony.

^{New Living Translation Bible and Notes used with permission Tyndale House Publishers.}