¹ And it came to pass, on the day when Moses made an end of rearing up the habitation and anointing it, and hallowing it, and all the furniture thereof, and the altar, and all the utensils thereof,—both of anointing them, and hallowing them,

² that the princes of Israel, the heads of their ancestral houses, made an offering,—they being princes of the tribes, they being the men who stood over them who were numbered:

³ yea then brought they in as their offering, before Yahweh—six covered waggons, and twelve oxen, a waggon for every two of the princes and an ox for each one,—yea they brought them near before the habitation.

⁴ Then spake Yahweh unto Moses, saying:

⁵ Take [them] of them, so shall they be for doing the laborious work of the tent of meeting,—and thou shalt give them unto the Levites, to every man according to the need of his laborious work.

⁶ So Moses took the waggons, and the oxen,—and gave them unto the Levites:

⁷ two of the waggons and four of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Gershon,—according to the need of their laborious work;

⁸ and four of the waggons, and eight of the oxen, gave he unto the sons of Merari,—according to the need of their laborious work, in the hand of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest;

⁹ but, unto the sons of Kohath, gave he none,—because as to the laborious work of the sanctuary which pertained unto them, upon their shoulders, were they to carry it.

¹⁰ So then the princes offered for the dedication of the altar, on the day it was anointed,—yea the princes offered their oblation before the altar,

¹¹ And Yahweh said unto Moses: Each prince on his appointed day, thus shall they offer their oblation, for the dedication of the altar.

¹² And so it was, that, he who on the first day, offered his oblation,—was Nahshon son of Amminadab of the tribe of Judah;

¹³ and his offering, was—one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil for a meal-offering;

¹⁴ one spoon of ten shekels of gold full of incense;

¹⁵ one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;

¹⁶ one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer;

¹⁷ and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,—this, was the offering of Nashon, son of Amminadab.

¹⁸ On the second day, Nethanel, son of Zuar, prince of Issachar, brought his offering.

¹⁹ He offered as his oblation—one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;

²⁰ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold full of incense;

²¹ one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;

²² one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer;

²³ and, as peace-offering two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,—this, was the offering of Nethanel, son of Zuar.

²⁴ On the third day, the prince of the sons of Zebulun,—Eliab, son of Helon:

²⁵ his offering,—one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;

²⁶ one spoon, of ten [shekels] of gold full of incense;

²⁷ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;

²⁸ one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer;

²⁹ and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,—this, was the offering of Eliab, son of Helon.

³⁰ On the fourth day, the prince of he sons of Reuben,—Elizur, son of Shedeur:

³¹ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of Silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering;

³² one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold full of incense:

³³ one choice young bullock one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;

³⁴ one young he-goat for a sin-bearer;

³⁵ and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,—this, was the offering of Elizur, son of Shedeur.

³⁶ On the fifth day, the prince of the sons of Simeon,—Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai:

³⁷ his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels by the shekel of the sanctuary; both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;

³⁸ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense;

³⁹ one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year as an ascending-sacrifice;

⁴⁰ one young he-goat as a sin-bearer;

⁴¹ and, as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,—this, was the offering of Shelumiel, son of Zurishaddai.

⁴² On the sixth day, the prince of the sons of Gad,—Eliasaph, son of Deuel:

⁴³ his offering, one charger of silver, a hundred and thirty [shekels], the weight thereof, one tossing bowl, of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil, as a meal-offering;

⁴⁴ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold full of incense;

⁴⁵ one choice young bullock one ram one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;

⁴⁶ one young he-goat as a sin-bearer;

⁴⁷ and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams, five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,—this, was the offering of Eliasaph, son of Deuel.

⁴⁸ On the seventh day, the prince of the sons of Ephraim,—Elishama, son of Ammihud:

⁴⁹ his offering, one charger of silver a hundred and thirty shekels, the weight thereof, one tossing bowl of silver, seventy shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary,—both of them, full of fine meal overflowed with oil as a meal-offering;

⁵⁰ one spoon of ten [shekels] of gold, full of incense;

⁵¹ one choice young bullock, one ram, one he-lamb of the first year, as an ascending-sacrifice;

⁵² one young he-goat, as a sin-bearer;

⁵³ and as a peace-offering, two oxen, five rams five he-goats, five he-lambs of the first year,—this, was the offering of Elishama, son of Ammihud.