Numbers 7

1When Moses/I had finished setting up the Sacred Tent, he/I dedicated [MTY] it to Yahweh. He/I also dedicated the things that are inside the tent, and the altar for burning sacrifices, and all the things that would be used at the altar. 2Then the leaders of the twelve Israeli tribes, the same men who had helped Aaron and Moses/me to count the men who could fight in battles, 3came to the tent, bringing gifts to Yahweh. They brought six sturdy/large carts and twelve oxen, one ox from each of the leaders and a cart from each of the two leaders. 4Then Yahweh said to Moses/me, 5“Accept these gifts, in order that the descendants of Levi can use them for carrying the sacred items that are here at the Sacred Tent.” 6So Moses/I took the carts and oxen and gave them to the descendants of Levi. 7He/I gave two carts and four oxen to the descendants of Gershon for their work, 8and he/I gave four carts and eight oxen to the descendants of Merari for their work. Aaron’s son Ithamar was the supervisor of all their work. 9But he/I did not give any carts or oxen to the descendants of Kohath, because they took care of the sacred items that were to be carried on their shoulders, not on carts. 10On the day that the altar was dedicated [MTY], the twelve leaders brought other gifts to be dedicated and put them in front of the altar. 11Yahweh said to Moses/me, “Each of the next twelve days one leader should bring his gifts for the dedication of the altar.” 12These are the gifts that each of the leaders brought: a silver dish that weighed ◄more than three pounds/1.5 kg.►, and a silver bowl that weighed ◄almost two pounds/800 grams►, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be offerings of grain; they both were weighed using the standard scales; a small gold dish that weighed ◄four ounces/14 grams►, filled with incense; a young bull, a full-grown ram, and a one-year-old ram, to be sacrifices to be completely burned on the altar; a goat to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive the people for the sins they have committed; Yahweh. 84When the altar was dedicated to Yahweh, those twelve leaders brought these gifts: a total of about ◄60 pounds/27.6 kg.►, each of them being weighed on the scales kept in the Sacred Tent; a total of about ◄three pounds/1.4 kg.►, each being weighed on those same scales; full-grown rams, and twelve one-year-old rams, to be sacrifices that were completely burned, along with the grain offerings; to forgive the people for the sins they have committed; Yahweh.